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Vergelegen Semillon Noble Late Harvest 1998

The wine shows an attractive light gold colour. Dried apricots, peaches and hints of pineapple shows on the nose. The taste is full but not cloyingly sweet and finishes almost on a dry note. Serve well chilled (6-8ºC) as a dessert on its own with very good and intimate friends!

variety : Semillon [ Semillon ]
winery : Vergelegen Wines
winemaker : Andre van Rensberg
wine of origin : Coastal
analysis : alc : 14.55 % vol  rs : 123 g/l  pH : 3.52  ta : 8.5 g/l  so2 : 150 mg/l  
type : White  
pack : Bottle  

ageing : Drink now or over the next 4 years.
in the vineyard : Produced from Vergelegen vineyards, grown on typical Helderberg soils and cooled by False Bay sea breezes.
about the harvest: 100% Semillon, produced from grapes infected by the noble rot, Botrytis Cinerea. The grapes were picked at 40ºBalling (potential alcohol 22%).
in the cellar : The whole bunches were fermented on the skins in the press for 48 hours. No settling could be done and fermentation took place in old 225 litre Chardonnay barrels.
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