Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Le Riche Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon pairs excellently with rich meat dishes such as grilled steaks, lamb, and game. Its robust structure and layered flavors also make it a great match for dishes like boeuf bourguignon and aged cheeses​.

Le Riche Wines is situated on the slopes of the Helderberg Mountain in close proximity to the historic town of Stellenbosch. The winery was designed to replicate our previous winery in Jonkershoek which was built in 1911. With old style open top concrete fermentation tanks mixed with a modern minimum intervention wine making approach the winery provides a platform to create ultra premium red wines in a classic South African style. Production is 8000—6 cases a year with the Reserve range consisting of only about 1000 cases. The wines are rare but worth sourcing. Le Riche Wines was founded by Etienne le Riche in 1996 and is now run as a family concern. Coming from an illustrious career in the South African wine industry Etienne decided to create a winery where he could express the cultivar he had grown to love and respect Cabernet Sauvignon. The approach was simple to illustrate the nuances of Stellenbosch Cabernets as best possible. Preferring not to be inhibited by estate classification he chose to select grapes from the best possible terroirs Stellenbosch had to offer. The resulting wines have shown great elegance and class consistently proving to be of superb quality and maturation potential.

The grapes for this wine are sourced from prime vineyard sites in the Stellenbosch region, specifically from the Helderberg, Simonsberg, and Jonkershoek Valley. The vineyards benefit from the unique microclimates and soil types, including decomposed granite and sandy gravel, which contribute to the wine’s structure and complexity​.

This wine is made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. The winemaking process includes fermentation in stainless steel tanks, followed by malolactic fermentation and maturation in 225-liter French oak barrels, with 75% of the barrels being new. This aging process, lasting 24 months, helps to develop the wine's depth and complexity​.