This claret-like Cabernet with Cape accents shows tea, plum, berry and tobacco on the nose, which opens to a solid fruit core accented by spice, dark chocolate, and earth-mineral tones. Crisp acidity recommends it as a food wine, while the ripe fruit and good tannic structure suggest it will improve with age. Best after 2005. ——M.M.(3/1/2004)—— 89