Klein Constantia - Vin de Constance - Afrique du Sud 2012

Wine Spectator

95 / 100

par James Molesworth le 15/09/2016

Intense, with dried orange peel, nectarine, apricot and kumquat notes laced with a vibrant green tea edge. The long finish picks up a bitter almond hint for added tension, while the unctuous fruit sails through. This is still very youthful and densely packed, so no rush at all. Muscat de Frontignan. Drink now through 2040. 200 cases made.

Wine Advocate

94 / 100

par Neal Martin le 16/10/2015

The 2012 Vin de Constance Natural Sweet Wine delivers 160 grams per liter of residual sugar with a pH of 3.7 and, spent 28 months in French and Hungarian oak barrels. There is actually great similarity on the nose, perhaps a little more floral than the 2011 with mirabelle, and a touch of petrol infusing the honey and marmelade aromas. The palate is unctuous on the entry, nicely balanced as the acidity slices through the rich honeyed fruit that lingers long in the mouth, a touch of orange zest and nectarine towards the finish. I have a preference for this Vin de Constance over the 2012 - a superb dessert wine from Matthew Day.

Decanter.com

97 / 100

Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance 2012 - Decanter

timatkin.com

97 / 100

par Tim Atkin MW