2006 The High Road Reserve 81 Points
Medium clear, ruby red, slight brown russet rim, medium plus concentration and medium plus viscosity.
Clean, medium intensity, powerful, complex notes of blackcurrant, cassis, earthy cigar box, new small French oak evident.
Dry, medium plus acidity, medium plus not too ripe tannins, juicy, medium plus alcohol, quite powerful structure, fresh, crisp mouth feels, slight bitterness on finish, a style that will have it’s followers locally.
Might not be ideal for fine dining listing, but will be great the next time you head to your favourite steak house, will complement a wide range of flame grilled meat.
Blend of 62.5% Cabernet Sauvignon – 30% Merlot - 7.5% Cabernet Franc – 100% Stellenbosch grapes – 12 months in 225 French oak
From 2010, until 2016
2006 The High Road Classique 86+ Points
Clear, ruby / garnet red, with slight brown rim.
Medium plus concentration, medium plus viscosity.
Clean, medium plus intensity, powerful.
Fragrant cassis, currants, hints of raisin, complex.
Dry, flavours follow through, juicy, medium acidity, medium tannins, fresh delicate mouth feels, with lead pencil minerality, will integrated with the dusty earthy core.
Medium plus complexity, massage tannins, subtle, but need +/- 3 years to integrate (2012), will drink well until 2017
Perfect for sophisticated drinking, and to those that only swear by Bordeaux style blend, when dining out for a very special dinner, I wish there could be more South African Bordeaux style of that quality and price on the market.
A very fine and very good value Cape Bordeaux style blend, far better exciting and delivering more drinking complexity and enjoyment, than a lot of supposedly well established Bordeaux style, self assessed cult status, at twice or three times the price. Well done, keep it that way.
Blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon – 32 % Merlot – 6% Cabernet Franc
