Vergelegen Shiraz Red 750ml

Vergelegen Shiraz is a dark ruby with violets, spice, chocolate, peat/smoke and blackberry fruit on the nose South African wine classified as red dry wine or shiraz wine or red wine or south African wines.

Vergelegen Shiraz  Tasting Notes

The palate shows a balanced acidity, with rich tannins and a long clean fruit dominated aftertaste. The grapes were hand-picked and transported in 10kg lug boxes to the Winery and stored overnight in a refrigerated container at -20° C.

The following day the grapes were hand sorted, destemmed and cold soaked at 8° – 10° C for 7 days before yeast inoculation. After alcoholic fermentation the wine was left for a further 35 days on the skins and then underwent 16 months oak maturation in second and third fill 225 litre barrels.

Blend Information

97% Shiraz; 2.2% Grenache; 0.8% Viognier