Tokara Director’s Reserve Red 2019

Tokara use their best blocks to produce this estate blend before making a further barrel selection. Marrying Cabernet Sauvignon with 30% Petit Verdot, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, with ageing in 48% new wood, it’s a fine, floral, assertively wooded Bordeaux blend with blackcurrant pastille and blueberry flavours and well-judged tannins. Drink date: 2023-2029. Score – 94. (timatkin.com, South Africa Special Report 2022)