Miles Mossop Max is a Cabernet Sauvignon dominated Bordeaux blend from Stellenbosch in South Africa. Added to the Cabernet is Merlot, Petit Verdot and Malbec. It is a wonderful wine which captures the elegance of a Bordeaux with the richer, riper fruit character of South Africa wines. The wine is full of dark cherry, plum and blackberry fruit with hints of cocoa. Spice, coffee and cedar coming through. There is also a lovely fresh graphite note and the oak is perfectly integrated with the fruit. It is deliciously complex and outstandingly good value.
Miles has been making his own wine since 2004 and until 2018 also held down the position of head winemaker at Tokara. In the past few years he has expanded both his production and range and now makes his wine at two different locations. Miles has a very simple approach and believes in sourcing the best grapes from the best vineyards, picking them at the right time and then guiding them through the natural process in order to produce the most expressive wines possible. Production is limited to 80 tons and focuses on Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon. These are truly handcrafted and wonderful wines.
