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2006 Klein Constantia Vin de Constance Constantia (500 ml)
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2006 Klein Constantia Vin de Constance Constantia (500 ml)

Producer: Klein Constantia
Style: Sweet Wine
Grape Type: Muscat
Origin: South Africa
Region: South Africa

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95 Points | International Wine Cellar , March/April 2011

Deep, full orange-gold.  Knockout nose offers orange, apricot, cherry, raspberry, mace, nutmeg, honey and flowers.  Thick, very sweet and hugely concentrated; like liquid velvet in the mouth but with outstanding energy to its palate-staining orange and apricot fruit.  Utterly seamless wine with a palate-staining, lightly saline aftertaste hinting at red berries.

95 Points | Wine Spectator

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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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Muscat

One of the more versatile white wine grapes, Muscat is grown around the world for use in use in light and dry wines, low-alcohol sparkling wines, and sweet, late-harvest wines. Its proliferation around the world (and especially around the Mediterranean) leads us to conclude that Muscat was one of the first...
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