Wine Composition
48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Franc, 5%
Petit Verdot & 2% Malbec
Winemakers Comments
Bright dark red. Claret-like aromas of black and
redcurrant, coffee, tobacco, mocha and sexy oak. A pliant,
mid-weight wine with noteworthy richness and a firm spine of
harmonious acidity to its intense berry and spice flavours.
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
14.19%
Ph
3.51
RS
2.9 g/
TA
5.5 g/l
Cellar Techniques
The grapes are de-stemmed but not crushed and the
grapes/must cold soaked for 7 days followed by a feral fermentation
lasting 96 hours. Eventually, cultured yeast is added and the juice
fermented dry. The young red wine is now macerated on the skins for
a further 4-7 weeks before going to barrel. After 15 months in
barrel (20% new), bottling took place from 30 November to 4
December 2012.
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'.
