95-100 points, Restaurant Wine
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94 points, Tim Atkin MW
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92 points, Decanter
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91 points, Wine Spectator
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About the Wine
Critic Reviews
95-100 points, Restaurant Wine
94 points, Tim Atkin MW
92 points, Decanter
91 points, Wine Spectator
“The Cabernet Sauvignon is terrific: supple, full bodied, and richly flavored; a wine with excellent depth and flavor (black cherry, black currant, cassis, cedar, toasty oak), good balance, and a long, firm finish. Still quite young; warrants further aging. Outstanding value.”
94 points, Tim Atkin MW
“Based on the best block from the Three Pines Vineyard at 350 metres in the picturesque Jonkershoek Valley, this is a cuvée of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Focused, sappy, textured and refined, with herbal complexity and supporting acidity. 2020-25.”
92 points, Decanter
“An inviting complexity of cigar box, liquorice and blackcurrant with a succulent texture, refined, chewy tannins and a delicious finish.”
91 points, Wine Spectator
“A ripe, sleek and refined style, featuring a focused beam of cassis, laced with a bright iron note, while light alder and savory details flit in the background. Drink now through 2022.”
About The Winery
Stark-Condé is a family-run winery making handcrafted wines using tried and true traditional methods. The family property in the Jonkershoek Valley is 600 acres with 85 acres under vine. In addition to being viticulturally ideal, the estate is visually spectacular and attracts visitors from afar. Meticulous viticulture, selected harvesting, hand grape- sorting, small-batch fermentation, patient barrel maturation — these are the guiding philosophies behind the wines. The carefully-crafted wines speak with personality of a particular terroir.
