Pale green-gold colour with intensely-focused flavours showing citrus, biscuits, toast and ripe fruits. The taste is long and elegant with excellent fruit/wood integration.
ageing : Drink now or over the next 3 - 4 years.
The grapes were sourced from Vergelegen's premium vineyards located on South/South West facing slopes. The soils are Helderberg granite or Clovelly. Rootstock used is R 110 - which is very suitable for dry-land conditions. As a result of cool conditions and wind, yields were extremely low at 4.5 tons/ha.
No skin contact is employed. The majority of the grapes were whole bunch pressed, settled to a turbidity of 175 NTU's and then racked to 225 litre French barrels for fermentation. 40% of the wine was barrel fermented and matured on the lees for 10 months. The remainder (60%) was fermented in stainless steel tanks.
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