Thelema Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Bottle size: 750ml
South Africa, Stellenbosch
R380
Please note that this is a pre-release. This wine will be available for collection / delivery from 4 March 2025.
‘Always one of the Cape’s best & most ageworthy, 21 follows impressive form with pinpoint varietal definition. Lean, almost austere, yet pure & focused, showing layers of black fruit, hints
of tabacco & liquorice, vibrant vinosity. 18 months in oak, 40% new.’ – Platter’s Guide, 5* (95/100)
‘Bursting with cassis perfume in a backdrop of pencil shaving poise. Wonderfully lithe and supple with precise acidity, smoky tannins and a luscious hedgerow fruit finish.’ - Decanter World Wine Awards, 95/100
‘Something of an under-the-radar wine, given its impressive quality, this is a textbook Simonsberg Cabernet Sauvignon that reflects the cooler 2021 vintage. Leafy, layered and enticingly perfumed, it has lovely purity and harmony, tangy minerality, filigree tannins, cassis and bramble fruit and scented 45% new oak. 2025-32’ – Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2024, 93/100
‘Bursting with cassis perfume in a backdrop of pencil shaving poise. Wonderfully lithe and supple with precise acidity, smoky tannins and a luscious hedgerow fruit finish.’ - Decanter World Wine Awards, 95/100
‘Something of an under-the-radar wine, given its impressive quality, this is a textbook Simonsberg Cabernet Sauvignon that reflects the cooler 2021 vintage. Leafy, layered and enticingly perfumed, it has lovely purity and harmony, tangy minerality, filigree tannins, cassis and bramble fruit and scented 45% new oak. 2025-32’ – Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2024, 93/100
| Condition | New |
|---|---|
| Winemaker | Rudi Schultz |
| Alcohol | 14% |
| Blend information | 100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Drink to | Drink or cellar |
| Variety | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Rating | PG 95 |
| Technical analysis | RS: 1.9 g/L |TA: 6.2 g/L | PH: 3.45 |
| Producer information | The name Thelema comes from the Abbey of Thélème, a place dreamt up by François Rabelais. He was a monk, a doctor and a writer in sixteenth-century France and his utopian Abbey went against the religious ideals of the day. Rabelais’ motto was ‘laughing and drinking are the proper characteristics of man...for by wine we become divine.’ Since Rabelais spent a lot of time thinking about and writing memorable quotes on wine, Thelema saw it fitting to name their vineyards after him. |
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COLLECTION (Cape Town only):
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CELLARING:
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JOHANNESBURG ONR:
For this special overnight road service, orders must be placed before 13h00 SAST. The order will be delivered by the close of business the following working day.
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