Vergenoegd Estate Blend 2011

Name: Vergenoegd Estate Blend 2011
Brand: Vergenoegd
SKU: 45094

Colour: Deep ruby with slight brick edges, and a subtle purple hue Nose: Subtle spice, cedar and opulent berry fruits. Definite wood tones on the nose, with hints of dark chocolate and vanilla Palate: Excellent structure with well-integrated tannins. Opulent fruit, followed by hints of cocoa and vanilla. Elegantly balanced with a complex aftertaste. Best to drink now or, if you can bear to wait, in ten years

To buy our wines in South Africa, please click here

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 52% Cabernet Sauvignon; 42% Merlot; 6% Cabernet Franc ]

winery : Vergenoegd Löw The Wine Estate

winemaker : Marlize Jacobs

wine of origin : Stellenbosch

analysis : alc : 14.0 % vol rs : 1.2 g/l pH : 3.62 ta : 6.3 g/l

type : Red style : Dry body : Full taste : Fragrant wooded

pack : Bottle size : 750ml closure : Cork

in the vineyard : The Vergenoegd is a classic blend of the Bordeaux cultivars (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet franc ) that cellar master, John Faure, has created to best reflect the unique terroir and winemaking philosophy of Vergenoegd. The vines are grown in a mixture of fertile alluvial soils along the banks of the Eerste River and more sandy soils with calcareous layers on a clay base. The vineyards can all be irrigated to enable us to fully ripen the grapes without undue stress. The vineyards also benefit from the cooling South Easterly winds blowing off the False Bay coast a mere three kilometers away.

in the cellar : Wood Maturation
20 - 24 months in 300 litre French oak barrels
1st Fill: 86%
2nd Fill: 14%
50% of the blend underwent malolactic fermentation in the barrel.

Bottling date: 09/02/2005

email the winery

email this page

find our wines in :