Boekenhoutskloof Franschhoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
Franschhoek
South Africa, South Africa
Regular price£227.13
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Arriving: In stock
| Style: Red | Packaging: OCC |
| ABV: 14.5% | Closure: |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2024 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2035 |
| Grapes: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon | |
Critic scores
94 RP, 88 NM, 93 JS, 95 TA, 19+ MJ, 92 GM
Critic reviews
"The Boekenhoutskloof 2022 Franschhoek Cabernet Sauvignon is cut with a small 15% Cabernet Franc and sees almost all (90%) new oak. The grapes come from a vineyard site fitted into a narrow ravine, and it gets quite cool at night and very hot during the day. The area requires a longer ripening period because more shade is thrown by the nearby mountains in Stellenbosch. Meanwhile, the False Bay side of the vineyard is influenced by ocean weather patterns, and there are extreme temperature drops or diurnal shifts. The soils are very old with decomposed quartz. This wine is soft, round and very pleasurable with lots of heft and flavor on the mid-palate. There is a hint of dried spice and sweet cinnamon. Both these Cabernet Sauvignons promise long cellar aging. In fact, the winery has a late-release program, and I believe they are pouring the 2001 right now."
Monica Larner, June 2025, RobertParker.com
"The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Franschhoek is vinified in exactly the same way as its Stellenbosch counterpart, with a proportion of Cabernet France (14%) and just a little more oak. This has more black and blue fruit and is perhaps more floral in style, almost as it here were a soupcon of Syrah in the blend (there isn’t). The palate is medium-bodied with dark red berry fruit interlaced with cocoa, dark chocolate and light tobacco notes of fine length. It will need, say, six months in bottle once released in 2025."
Neal Martin, August 2024, Vinous.com
"Ripe blue and black fruit on the nose, alongside dried herb, licorice and mint chocolate. Creamy and velvety, with a full body, but also minty freshness throughout. Silky tannins. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, August 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"The only red in the Boekenhoutskloof portfolio that uses grapes from Franschhoek - the farm and a second site that also supplies the winery's Semillon - this is always a comparatively forward, ripe, caressing style of Cabernet Sauvignon, blended with 14% Cabernet Franc for extra perfume. Paprika, cassis and green pepper flavours are framed by 95% new French oak. 2025-32"
Tim Atkin, January 2025, TimAtkin.com
Monica Larner, June 2025, RobertParker.com
"The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Franschhoek is vinified in exactly the same way as its Stellenbosch counterpart, with a proportion of Cabernet France (14%) and just a little more oak. This has more black and blue fruit and is perhaps more floral in style, almost as it here were a soupcon of Syrah in the blend (there isn’t). The palate is medium-bodied with dark red berry fruit interlaced with cocoa, dark chocolate and light tobacco notes of fine length. It will need, say, six months in bottle once released in 2025."
Neal Martin, August 2024, Vinous.com
"Ripe blue and black fruit on the nose, alongside dried herb, licorice and mint chocolate. Creamy and velvety, with a full body, but also minty freshness throughout. Silky tannins. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, August 2024, JamesSuckling.com
"The only red in the Boekenhoutskloof portfolio that uses grapes from Franschhoek - the farm and a second site that also supplies the winery's Semillon - this is always a comparatively forward, ripe, caressing style of Cabernet Sauvignon, blended with 14% Cabernet Franc for extra perfume. Paprika, cassis and green pepper flavours are framed by 95% new French oak. 2025-32"
Tim Atkin, January 2025, TimAtkin.com
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