Main Road and Dignity Cabernet Sauvignon Restless River 2019
Restless River
Restless River, in the Hemel-En-Aarde Valley, is home to the most unique Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon in the country. Owner and winemaker Craig Wessel and his wife Anne farm as naturally as possible, and believe the grapes develop depth and complexity through struggle. As a result, yields are low producing superb wines which have been highly received from various critics and are amongst South Africa’s most exciting wines.
Beautiful blackcurrant, red currant, graphite, a hint of tar, minerality, complex notes of wood and fruit, some tobacco leaf and cedar. What's exciting is that we have now experienced several vintages, and they all have an amazing quality, and it's something unique to this terroir. It might be half the price of some of those 'trophy' wines, but this is the genuine star of the scene.
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Tim Atkin 94 Points
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75cl
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94 Points Tim Atkin
Main Road & Dignity is a brilliant anomaly from Restless River, a late picked Cabernet Sauvignon in a cool climate region that's famous for its Pinot Noirs. But what a red it is: leafy, herbal, yet ripe, with glossy tannins, graphite and basil top notes, red currant and cassis fruit and a bright, tapering finish. 2024-2030.
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Western Cape
The Western Cape's wine regions stretch 300 kilomers (185 miles) from Cape Town to the mouth of the Olifants River in the north, and 360km (220 miles) to Mossel Bay in the east. Areas under vine are rarely more than 160km (100 miles) from the coast. Further inland, the influence of the semi-arid Great Karoo Desert takes over. The climate can be cool and rainy (as in Cape Point and Walker Bay) but is more often than not Mediterranean in nature.
The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent.
A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or full-bodied and gutsy. The Western Cape's elegant, ageworthy Cabernet Sauvignon wines and Bordeaux Blends were at the vanguard as exports recommenced in the mid-1990s, while Burgundy-style Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Walker Bay are gaining global acclaim, and cool-climate style Sauvignon Blanc from Darling and Overberg is rivaling that made in any other New World country.
South Africa
South Africa is one of the most prominent wine-producing countries in the Southern Hemisphere. With more than 300 years of winemaking history, it is often described as bridging the gap between the Old World and New. The majority of wines are made using New World winemaking techniques but often have more in common stylistically with their Old World counterparts.
South Africa's wine industry is distributed around the lush, rugged landscape of the Western Cape. Here, the abundance of mountains, valleys and plateaus allow winemakers to produce a diverse range of styles. Vineyards are also found in the Northern Cape's Orange River region, where the flat, barren landscape is dominated by the Kalahari Desert. Most of South Africa's wine-producing regions have a Mediterranean climate, significantly influenced by the meeting of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
The country's signature variety is Pinotage, an indigenous crossing of Pinot Noir and Cinsaut that is rarely found in quantity in any other wine-producing country. Shiraz is widely planted also, as are Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
However white grape varieties account for 55 percent of the country's 96,000 hectares (237,000 acres) of vineyards. Chenin Blanc is the republic's most planted grape with 18.5 percent of all plantings. South African Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc have become popular internationally in recent years.
