Château Capion
Selection du Cardinale
Le Juge 2000
Le Juge is a typical wine
from the Languedoc-Rousillon region with a warm
character, flavours of chocolate, coffee
and forests; a compact but smooth taste
and a well balanced fruity tannin
structure. 95% Syrah and 5% Grenache,
it has a maturation potential of over 10
years and was one of only 240 wines
worldwide that received a Gold medal.
It bears noting that Le Juge 1996 won a
Gold Medal in 2000 in the London
International Wine Challenge - consistent
quality is evident. This is, in Nico's words
"more a matter of living for the product
and not being dictated by nature.
Demand should never rule the quality."
The Capion harvest during
2000 went well and calm with no problems. The
red wine colours were dark and the
tannins very fine. All the hard work in
the vineyards started to produce the
quality we expected and Nico could
finally prove that the word "Terrior" can
be overridden by correct procedures in
the vineyards, selecting the grapes and
fine vinification thereafter.
Also...
Château Capion Le
Juge 1999 won a Gold Medal in Le Concours 2003
des Grands Vins du Languedoc Roussillon on 16th
April in Bezier. 1,400 wines were entered
and 400 tasters selected Le Juge for this
very worthy medal.
Le Juge is also available
in our tasting room at a cost of R190.00 per bottle.
Please indulge yourself in this wonderful
red wine from our sister estate in France.
Saxenburg Shiraz Select 2000 Launched Nationally
We were delighted to launch our SSS 2000 in Cape Town
and Johannesburg in July. On 1st July at the Cellars-
Hohenort in Constantia and on 8th July at the Michelangelo
Hotel in Johannesburg, we hosted the top wine journalists
to a luncheon and a tasting of the new SSS 2000.
This vintage produced the expected
dream wine; a wine that is a fine example of a 100%
Cape Shiraz. Very feminine, not sweet, not over- wooded
or with tough tannins, but a smooth and solid structure.
The vineyard selections were from two different vineyards,
both old and both from different wards in the Stellenbosh
region.
The result is, for everyone to
taste and judge for themselves. Its potential will
show after another 2 years in the bottle and that this
wine will mature towards and elegant expectation of
a nice Shiraz.
Feedback so far has been positive
with great reviews on the Wineweb, in the Cape Times
and on www.winenews.co.za. We have taken the liberty
and quoted a few of the remarks: From Christian Eedes
(Wine Magazine) - please visit www.wine.co.za to view
the entire review. "...The creation of Saxenburg Shiraz
Select ... is, by local standards, an epic production. ... The first vintage
released was 1998, which promptly got a 5 Star rating in the John Platter South
African Wine Guide 2002... the 2000 is now out and sells for R420 a bottle...
Drink the wine, and it appears full-bodied and concentrated, though Van der
Merwe insists he wishes it to be seen as elegant and feminine... it remains
a complex interpretation of the Shiraz grape, which might well prove pivotal
in SA's collective drive to master the variety."
From Jean-Pierre Rossouw (Cape
Times 18th July 2003) "...plushness is very apparent in the Saxenburg Shiraz
Select. Though it has an extremely accomplished personality (which expresses
itself more over time in the glass), it is also very easy... it's a seductive
wine that surprises you with a depth that lies behind it gregarious veneer."
From
Melvyn Minnaar (www.winenews.co.za) "the Buhrers of sexy Saxenburg will probably easily sell the 2, 000 odd
bottles of their just-released SSS 2000. It is truly a grand, high-score
shiraz... the three S's on the handsome Saxenburg bottle is said to simply
spell out that this is the winery's best shiraz - made in small quantities
and only released when up to winemaker Nico van der Merwe's highest
demands. Hence Saxenburg Select Shiraz." |
