Wine Composition
85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot, 5% Cabernet Franc, 5% Merlot
Winemakers Comments
The 2013 is a composed and elegant Cabernet dominated wine with supple tannins and a very long aftertaste.
Awards
Tim Atkin | 95 points
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Percentage
14.03%
pH
3.61
RS
3.1g/
TA
5.4 g/l
Cellar Techniques
The grapes were hand-picked and fermented in closed tanks at temperatures of 25-28 ?C. The young wine received a post-fermentation maceration of 21 days, followed by malolactic fermentation in stainless steel. On completion of the malolactic fermentation, the wine was racked into 100% new French oak. The V was matured in oak for 18 months, followed by 24 months in bottle before release. The wine was bottled on 23 October 2013 and total production amounted to 13 500 bottles. Released September 2016.
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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