Wine Composition
60% Semillon 40% Sauvignon Blanc
Winemakers Comments
Tight, focused and beautifully integrated with herbal (fynbos) grapefruity flavours, ripe tropical notes and a long, focused aftertaste.vServe at 12-14ºC. Most enjoyable with oysters, crayfish, poultry and fish.
Awards
JP | 5 Star (John Platter)
TA | 95 (Tim Atkin)
ST | 92 (Stephen Tanzer)
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
14.5%
Ph
3.26
RS
2.0 g/
TA
6.28 g/l
Cellar Techniques
Both Semillon and Sauvignon grapes were hand-picked, the Semillon 12 days after the Sauvignon, whole bunch pressed and barrel fermented. Harvesting dates were 7 and 9 February respectively. The Semillon was fermented in 25% new Sylvain barrels and the Sauvignon in old 500 litre barrels. The wines were matured for 8 months before being bottled on 1 November 2017. Released 2019.
Winemaker
Name: Andre Van Rensburg
Winery
Vergelegen Estate, a world-class destination and three times winner of the Great Wine Capitals Global Best of Wine Tourism Award, offers visitors an exceptional opportunity to view an array of 17 gardens, a choice of dining experiences, as well as unique garden and cellar tours.
When Willem Adriaan succeeded his father, Simon van der Stel, as governor of the Cape in 1700, it didn't take long before he claimed a modest 30,000 hectare piece of land for himself just as his father had done in his time at Constantia. It took three days by ox-wagon to reach Willem Adriaan's farm on the slopes of the Hottentots Holland mountain range overlooking the Atlantic Ocean; hence its name 'Vergelegen', meaning 'situated far away'.
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