Winery Leopard’s Leap - Cabernet Sauvignon

Winery Leopard’s LeapCabernet Sauvignon

3.4
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Leopard’s Leap is a red wine from the region of Western Cape.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Cabernet Sauvignon.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or lamb.

Taste structure of the Cabernet Sauvignon from the Winery Leopard’s Leap

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Leopard’s Leap in the region of Western Cape is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with spices taste

pepper, licorice

Wine with earth taste

earthy, smoke

Wine with microbio taste

cheese

Wine with floral taste

violet

On the nose the Cabernet Sauvignon of Winery Leopard’s Leap in the region of Western Cape often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cassis or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, mulberry or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Leopard’s Leap's Cabernet Sauvignon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon

Cabernet-Sauvignon noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon - 2019
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Cabernet Sauvignon - 2018
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Cabernet Sauvignon - 2017
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Cabernet Sauvignon - 2016
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Cabernet Sauvignon - 2015
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Cabernet Sauvignon - 2014
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Cabernet Sauvignon - 2013
In the top 100 of of Western Cape wines
Average rating: 3.411100

The best vintages of Cabernet Sauvignon from Winery Leopard’s Leap are 2009, 2010, 2019, 2007 and 2018.

Informations about the Winery Leopard’s Leap

The winery offers 43 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Western Cape

The Winery Leopard’s Leap is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Western Cape
In the top 4500 of of South Africa wines
In the top 250 of of Western Cape wines
In the top 100000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Western Cape

The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.

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The word of the wine: Pressing

Mechanical action consisting of pressing the grapes (before fermentation for whites) or the marc soaked in wine (after fermentation for reds).

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