Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Area:  Simonsberg, Stellenbosch

Country: South Africa

Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon

ABV: 14.94%

Aging: 24 months in 50% new and 50% second fill 225L French Nevers oak barrels

Style: Bold & fruity

Additional: The winery’s name, Kanonkop, comes from a hillock or kop lying on the Simonsberg Mountain

Wine maker: Abrie Beeslaar

Buy this wine because this is a dark and brooding wine with complex and intricate aromas of oak spice, black berry coulis, graphite powder, tilled earth, wet tobacco and chai tea. The elegance of this vintage is clearly evident on entry with a luxurious layered palate showing flavours of blackcurrants, morello cherries, crunchy raspberries and dark coffee beans, framed against finely grained tannins

It pairs great with all types of steak, slow-cooked venison, braised beef short ribs, rosemary lamb shanks, matured hard cheeses, Oxtail