Vin de Constance - Afrique du Sud 2021

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Vin de Constance: A Must-Have for any wine lover

Vin de Constance, from the historic Klein Constantia estate established in 1685, is a true gem for any wine lover. Located on the slopes of Constantiaberg with views of False Bay, the estate benefits from ideal cool-climate conditions and decomposed granite soils. This produces some of South Africa's finest wines, including the world-renowned natural sweet wine, Vin de Constance. The wine is elegantly presented in a uniquely designed bottle that blends historical tradition with modern flair.

The 2021 Vintage:

Discover the 2021 Vintage on video: https://youtu.be/WMAdnKiVSlY

The 2021 vintage encountered varied and challenging weather, with minimal rainfall and cold winter temperatures followed by a dry, warm March that accelerated budburst. After a cool, rainy spring, stable dry weather settled in late May and continued through August. September’s warm, sunny days allowed the grapes to achieve optimal ripeness, resulting in remarkably soft, silky tannins.

Tasting notes:

Bright light gold appearance. Layers of apricot, sandalwood spice and Seville marmalade aromas. Flavours of crisp acidity and saltiness, nutmeg, citrus, jasmine flower and rosewater. The creamy, rich palate is textured and complex, with delicate wood spice on the mid-palate. A drier style of Vin de Constance with a fine balance of sugar and acidity. Concentrated and lively, the wine finishes with a long, piquant, almost bitter finish.

Wine Advocate

byMonica Larnerthe6/5/2025

This wine has been made the same way since 1737. The Klein Constantia 2021 Vin de Constance reflects a great vintage on the Cape. The three-week period in March when fruit is harvested is Winemaker Matthew Day's favorite time of year. He loves the way the sunshine hits this beautiful part of the vineyard. Muscat de Frontignan is planted to 40% bush vines and 60% trellised vines (this section is harvested last). They make as many as 25 to 30 passes through the vineyard at harvest. Because Muscat lacks acidity, they pick the bush vines early. Magic happens, he says, during maceration, when aromas of candied fruit and honey fill the winery. This is a beautifully balanced wine that stands on three pillars, all carefully aligned: sugar, acidity and alcohol. This vintage has 165 grams per liter of residual sugar and between 14% and 14.5% alcohol. Micro-oxidation is encouraged through the oak, especially during the first one and a half years of maturation. After that, the wine is put in foudre to integrate for one and half years. The result is a sweet wine that almost tastes dry thanks to its inner complexity and generous composition. Background tones of teak, perfumed sandalwood, nougat and Turkish tea will appear stronger as the wine continues its bottle evolution. According to Matthew Day, Vin de Constance usually peaks after five years in bottle, and then it starts a second round and opens up again. "It's absolutely mind-blowing," he says. This clone comes from a massal selection. In 2012, the team isolated the best-performing blocks, and they selected six clones, later narrowed down to two. The bouquet is understated, so delicate, so fine. 97+

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

byJane Ansonthe2/28/2025

A long, relatively cool season where harvest was two weeks later than usual, and this is displaying exceptional tension and switchback textures of opulence and acidity. So poised and well judged, waves of bitter marmalade, lemon rind, mango, pineapple, crème caramel and luscious dried apricot flavours, such intensity and length, touch of nutmeg, flint and walnut on the finish. Matthew Day winemaker. 18 months in 50% new 500L Hungarian and French oak barrels, followed by 16 months in large oak casks, 173g/l residual sugar.

The Drinks Business

byColin Haythe9/2/2024

Vin de Constance (Klein Constantia) 2021 (100% Muscat de Frontignan; 14% alcohol). Honeyed. Richer, fuller and more opulent than the Kracher Grande Cuvée tasted before and less tense and taut, Vin de Constance remains very true to its style in its vintage. This is ample and mouth-filling, pushing out the cheeks. More obviously sweet and less fruit-forward in a way. But fantastic too and with a personality all of its own. Saffron and peach, crème brulée – with both the creaminess and the burnt sugar. Butterscotch too. Juicy and with the freshness delivered on the finish. 95.

Vinous

byNeal Martinthe8/30/2024

The 2021 Vin de Constance comes from 27 different batches with two weeks on the skins. With 173.5 grams per liter of residual sugar (the same as 2020), it presents a very pure bouquet, effervescent with quince, orange zest and just a hint of marmalade—wonderfully delineated and focused. The palate is supremely well balanced with a viscous entry and extremely good weight in the mouth, but the acidity (6.3 grams per liter) keeps this on its toes. Quite spicy on the finish, this lingers long in the mouth, and I can still feel it 30 seconds after it has departed. There’s real freshness and electricity here. Outstanding.

timatkin.com

byTim Atkin MWthe8/2/2024

Produced in what Matt Day describes as a "perfect" year from Vin de Constance, featuring along, cool, three-week harvest, the 2021 release has no botrytis but amazing concentration, freshness and intensity. Combining grapes from 25 batches, this confirms the wine's standing as one of the world's great stickies, with layers of orange blossom, jasmine, quince, marmalade and tarte tatin, 168 grams of residual sugar and remarkable freshness and palate length.

Jamessuckling.com

byJames Sucklingthe7/8/2024

Dried apples, apricots, honey and light caramel with some flowers on both the nose and palate. Medium-bodied, sweet but not overpowering, showing lots of freshness and focus. Tangy at the end, but so polished and caressing on the palate. Drink or hold.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

byJane Ansonthe7/1/2024

Powerful apricot, chamomile, white tea, pineapple, preserved lemon, white flowers, gentle gunsmoke, intense, concentrated, vivid, just superb quality, spinning and stretching out on the finish. A wonderful vintage of Vin de Constance. Matthew Day winemaker, owners are Zdenek Bakala, Charmes Harman, Hubert de Boüard, Bruno Prats and Hans Astrom.

matthewjukes.com

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byMatthew Jukesthe6/19/2024

I have been fortunate to taste almost every vintage of this legendary wine from the modern era and this is one of the very finest. I use the word finest carefully. Not best, the greatest, not the most impactful nor the richest. This is a fine wine, a refined wine, resplendent in finery. As the winery notes set out above, this is a wine made at a very relaxed pace from grapes with incredible natural sugars balanced by startlingly fresh acidity, and this is precisely what it tastes like. There is no excess flesh. ’21 VdC is a toned wine which strolls along the citrus spectrum, preferring not to set foot in oranges and purples, pinks or reds. It sticks to sensual yellows and strays only as far as green gold. This is sheer heaven. Not only for a sweet tooth like me, but for those who have yet to embrace the greatest sweet wines on the planet for fear that their teeth will fall out. ’21 Vin de Constance could not be further from this image. It is fit, agile, nubile, cleansing and refreshing. For every molecule of decadence, there is an equal and opposite molecule of dynamic acidity. While this is a sweet wine, it finishes dry! And I adore it. It will age forever – we know the rules, but I think that impatient collectors and daring restaurateurs might crack on with this beauty indecently early in its lifespan because it is already so utterly mesmerising.

Information:	Details:
Couleur	Blanc
Cépages	Muscat de Frontignan 100 %
Appellation	Afrique du Sud
Millesime	2021
Contenance	50 cl

Information:

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Couleur

Blanc

Cépages

Muscat de Frontignan 100 %

Appellation

Afrique du Sud

Millesime

2021

Contenance

50 cl

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