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Vin de Constance 2009
We are delighted to offer the newly released 2009 vintage of Klein Constantia's Vin de Constance.
- First made in 1685 it was known historically simply as"Constantia", and drunk in preference to Tokay and Yquem. Drunk by Napoleon, Frederick the Great, Bismarck, and referenced by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Baudelaire to name a few, this is a legendary wine.
Made from concentrated Muscat grapes, aged in oak barrels and bottled in unique flacons. Described by Matthew Jukes as "one of the world's greatest sweet wines" with "mythical status". See below for Mathew's ecstatic review of the 2009, rated his joint highest score 19/20++.
Vintage | Wine | Grower | Condition | Size | Cases | Bottles | Price | |
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2009 | Vin de Constance | Klein Constantia | - | 50cl (6 bt) | - | - | 180 per Case | Add to shopping cart |
"It is one of the world's greatest sweet wines (it's in my top six). It is certainly the finest (unfortified) Muscat on the planet. It tastes like liquidised rainbows, unicorns, orange groves and comets combined. It also ages for an eternity, which serves to underline its mythical status. I have tasted every vintage since the modern era release of 1986 and they are all different, glorious and fascinating. Back to the 2009 vintage - the element I was alluding to earlier is an otherworldly backbone of amaro-style bitterness which completely blew me away. I am a vinous masochist and so I would love to see more and more of this thrilling element in VdC, in due course, because I adore the strictness which it brings to the mind-boggling orange brûlée fruit. The 2009 is wondrously corseted and this makes for compelling tasting."
94pts Neal Martin