Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2021 Bottle size: 500ml

‘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. Drink now - 2060’ – Matthew Jukes, 19.5+/20

‘Produced in what Matt Day describes as a "perfect" year from Vin de Constance, featuring a long, 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. 2025-36’ – Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2024, 98/100

'Possibly SA's most famous wine, one-of-a-kind Natural Sweet from muscat de Frontignan, 2021's later than usual harvest completed on 30 March after 23 separate picks. Riot of beguiling flavours, honey, flowers, apricots, enhanced by creamy vanilla oak (18 months Hungarian & French cask, 50% new, then 18 months in large foudre), warming spice at endless finish. 500 ml, also 1.5L' – Platter's Guide, 5* (95/100)