SAUVIGNON BLANC 2006
Pale green colour. Nose jumps out of the glass - gooseberries, fig, tinned peas, black truffle, elderflower, some ripe fruits, cut grass, green pepper. The wine is full, intensely flavoured and very long on after taste.
05 has now customary uplift of +_ 10% Semillon. Generous, open nose/palate of ripe passion fruit, melon, with mineral undertone. Light-feeling & unagressive, but tightly textured, with finely balanced acidity, dry finish. 10% of grapes from Koekenaap on West Coast, so WO W Cape. Small proportion of blend fermented in oak. [John Platter]
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AWARDS
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Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2006 : Gold
Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2006 : Best un-wooded white wine
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Origin
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Selected from both Vergelegen’s own vineyards in Somerset West and selected vineyards on the West Coast near the town of Koekenaap, approximately 400 km from Vergelegen. The Vergelegen vineyards are located on south or south-west facing slopes.
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Vinification
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The grapes are picked when the desired flavours are showing at optimum. No skin contact is employed as we believe this technique leads to coarse wines. The juice is settled for 72 hours at low temperatures before inoculation with the desired yeast strain for Sauvignon grapes. To avoid conformity with other SA producers, we ferment at higher temperatures. This leads to fuller, bigger and more intensely-flavoured wines. All the corks were analysed for TCA and a standard of less than 2 ng/l was set as the acceptable level whereas the industry standard is 5ng/l. To avoid potential cork contamination entirely, 20% of the vintage was bottled using a Stelvin closure.
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Composition
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90% Sauvignon Blanc, 10% Semillon
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Analysis
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13% Alc
2.1g/l RS
6.6g/l TA
3.17pH
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Maturation
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Drink now or over the next two to four years.
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Vergelegen V
Vergelegen White Blend
