If your sense of taste favours the elegance and complexity of classic Bordeaux-style reds, The High Road is the route that will consistently reward you.

Since 2003, The High Road has cultivated a considerable reputation amongst Bordeaux aficionados. Our wines consistently receive top accolades, including those from: 

•  British Master of Wine and internationally acclaimed wine journalist Tim Atkin;
• Platter’s South African Wine Guide;
• The Trophy Wine Show sponsored by Investec and chaired by liquor industry authority, wine writer and highly regarded international wine judge, Michael Fridjhon;
• Other consummate judges and sommeliers at some of South Africa’s finest establishments.

At the 2023 Trophy Wine Show, our Director’s Reserve 2019 won not one, but three trophies: The Riedel Trophy for Best Bordeaux-style Red Blend of Show, the Vinolok Trophy for Best Premium Wine of Show, and the Investec Trophy for Best Red Wine of Show.

Ours is a reputation built on four unwavering pillars of distinction:

1. exclusive sourcing of quality grapes perfected by the Stellenbosch terroir;

2. a single-minded focus on Bordeaux varietals;

3. an insistence on using a considered selection of fine French Oak barrels; and

4. our proprietary High Road Practices. Read about these.

Guided by our consultant winemakers for the past 23 vintages, we have succeeded in producing exceptional vintage-specific wines with the elegance, intrinsic depth and distinctiveness of a classic Bordeaux red at their core.