Reyneke Cornerstone
- Red
- South Africa
- Stellenbosch
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cabernet Franc
- Malbec
- Merlot
- Petit Verdot
- Carménère
- Tracked vintages
- 7
- Community notes
- 159
- Merchant offers
- 21
What we know about this wine
- Critics
- 93/ 1002019 · nearest vintage with a critic score
- Real drinkers
- 81/ 100159 notes, every vintage
- Market price
- £15per 75 cl2019 · nearest vintage with a price · 6-bottle in-bond trade, May 2023
- Drinking window
- 2023–2040drinking2017 · nearest vintage with a window
Flavour and structure
What drinkers taste in this wine across its vintages, and how it is built: body, acidity, tannin and sweetness on a five-point scale, with the number of ratings behind them.
Structure from 116 community ratings, read 2026-08-12. Style: South African Bordeaux Blend.
- Body3.9 / 5
- LightFull
- Acidity3.8 / 5
- SoftCrisp
- Tannin3.7 / 5
- SmoothGrippy
- Sweetness1.6 / 5
- DrySweet
- Black fruit · blackcurrant, blackberry, plum, dark fruit, black fruit
- Oak · oak, tobacco, cedar, vanilla, chocolate
- Earth · leather, smoke, earthy, graphite, minerals
- Spice · pepper, licorice, white pepper, thyme, eucalyptus
- Red fruit · cherry, red fruit, strawberry, raspberry, cranberry
- Yeast and lees · cream, banana, cheese, sweaty
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Carménère. Proportions are not recorded.
Descriptors are the words drinkers used most, grouped; counts are mentions. Tannin is shown only where it was measured.
2017One point per priced vintage. Years with no price we can stand behind are not drawn.2019
Vintages
Each vintage has its own page with both scores, the drinking window and the merchant price range. The meter is the score on a 60-100 scale and its colour is where that vintage stands against its own drinking window. Prices are per 75cl, with the case size and month they were taken from.
- 2024unit not stated
- 202183drinkersunit not stated
- 202083drinkersunit not stated
- 201993critic£15 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, May 2023
- 201894critic£2 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, May 2026
- 201796critic£28 / 75cl6-bottle in-bond trade, March 2024
- Drinkinginside its stated window
- Window not recordedthe vintage carries no window, so the meter shows its score alone
- Best scored
- 2017
- 96 / 100 from a critic
- Drinking now
- 2017
- drinking, window 2023–2040
- Lowest price
- 2018
- £2 per 75 cl
Price by vintage
One monthly median per vintage, divided by the case size it was quoted in, so the bars are the same unit. These are our own aggregates, not offers: nobody will sell you a median.
Solid: a realised in-bond trade
Where to go next
LWIN 1535471