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2008 Warwick Estate Cabernet Sauvignon The First Lady Western Cape
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2008 Warwick Estate Cabernet Sauvignon The First Lady Western Cape

Producer: Warwick Estate
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: South Africa
Region: South Africa

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90 Points | International Wine Cellar , June 2011

All cabernet sauvignon, made without new oak.  Good full medium red.  Cassis, pepper, fresh herbs and graphite on the nose.  Suave and silky but not at all overly sweet, showing a medicinal reserve to the flavors of plum, currant, licorice and mint.  A laid-back wine with a rather light touch, in an Old World style.  Finishes with dusty tannins.  This needs time in bottle to expand.

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About South Africa

South Africa has produced wines in the area of Cape Town since the 17th century, but the country's significant place in the U.S. market is far more recent. During the era of apartheid, trade sanctions imposed on imports from South Africa kept these wines out of the U.S. and many other markets, with the effect that local South African winemakers had little incentive to produce wines that could compete in a global setting...
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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon built its reputation on Bordeaux's Left Bank. Here, in the district of Medoc, the varietal is the key component of blended wines that also may include some Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and even Malbec and Petit Verdot. Moving slightly south, Cabernet Sauvignon meets Merlot in roughly equal proportions in the red wines of Graves. In both of these Bordeaux regions, the top bottles...
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