2020 Vin de Constance, Klein Constantia (50cl Gift Pack)
This is a beautifully balanced, harmonious and fresh sweet wine with captivating notes of dried apricot, marmalade, ginger and honey. Velvety smooth with a long vibrant finish, this is the perfect accompaniment to any cheese board. Drinking beautifully now but with decades of pleasure ahead of it. Vin de Constance is a wine legend, rivalling Chateau d’Yquem for quality but at a fraction of the price.
"Classic and expressive with seductive aromas of marmalade and honeysuckle, the 2020 Vin de Constance Natural Sweet Wine is fresh, balanced and complex, offering a delightful lift from 60% new oak. Clocking in at 13.5% alcohol, the palate displays a harmonious balance between fruit sweetness and energetic acidity. It has layers of complexity with impeccable breadth and depth. It may be one of the finest expressions of Vin de Constance to date, and it ends with succulent flavors of apricots, saffron, quince paste and sweet candied citrus tones over the long, ever-evolving finish. Aged for a year and a half in 50% new Hungarian and French oak barrels, followed by an additional year and a half of large format wooden foudre, only the best lots end up being selected for the final blend. Bravo! Run, don’t walk to buy this world-class sweet wine to put in your cellar! Drink 2023-2070." 97/100 The Wine Advocate