Le Riche, David & Nadia and Restless River
Timed Online Auction, 7 - 22 April 2025
Le Riche
About the SessionLe Riche Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve is a South African benchmark, produced by Christo le Riche who took over from his father Etienne, a legend of the industry.
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The highly coveted Le Riche Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is the flagship wine, crafted exclusively from the finest Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard blocks in Stellenbosch. This limited-production wine represents the pinnacle of the range and has become a New World benchmark for the varietal. The Reserve designation is awarded only when the grapes and resulting wine meet the estate's highest standards, ensuring an exceptional expression of Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon.
'The bouquet presents a harmonious blend of mint, oak, cherries and spice. On the palate it is mouth-filling with firm acidity. The almost sweet fruitiness and secondary flavours due to bottle maturation show classic Cabernet characteristics. The lingering aftertaste is clean and layered with appetising tannins.' - Winemakers tasting notes.
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'Quietly assertive elegance, always well-balanced. Classy oak, rich fruit, unobtrusive underpinning of supple tannin and acid. Characterful finesse: a kind of joyous sombreness. Grapes from Jonkershoek and Firgrove. Traditional open fermentation, then 18-24 months in mostly new French oak.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2003, 5*
SAA First Class Wine of the Month Selection