VIDEO CHAPTER INDEX:
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00:00 – INTRO
00:45 – WHAT BRADLEY COOPER TEACHES US ABOUT YOUNG WINE
01:48 – SOME KANONKOP MODERN HISTORY
03:32 – KANONKOP GETS SUPERSIZED
05:50 – KANONKOP KADETTES ARE CELLARING
07:17 – KANONKOP CABERNET SAUVIGNON IS PURE FIRE RIGHT NOW
07:58 – “THE SCORES” : SPECULATIVE & OTHERWISE
09:20 – CAB SAUV 2018 vs CAB SAUV 2003
10:55 – PAUL SAUER 2019 vs PAUL SAUER 2006
12:30 – KADETTE CAPE BLENDS: 2019 vs 2014
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Stellenbosch Fine Wine & the Bradley Cooper School of Wine Critique
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Kanonkop’s world-renowned Paul Sauer 2019 (Bdx Blend) has been released and the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon will go on sale on 01 October 2022.
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In the run up to the Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 release, I tasted through a full range of older Kanonkop vintages, and discuss both the new releases and their older siblings.
I also unpack how the estate has developed over the past 40 years or so, and share some thoughts the problems with “speculative wine scores”, and the use of the 100pt wine scale on wines that are very clearly built to age over a decade or two.
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🥇THE SCORES🥇
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Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2019: 92 pts
Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2006: 96 pts
Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 2018: 90 pts
Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 2003: 97pts
Kanonkop Kadette Cape Blend 2019: 88 pts
Kanonkop Kadette Cape Blend 2014: 92pts