Beautiful ruby colour. Very elegant and complex nose, with ripe blackcurrant, black cherry fruit and notes of tobacco and chocolate. Rich and powerful on the palate, soft integrated tannins, fine acidity and good oak.

Long and intense aftertaste. Easy to drink, with style and finesse. French: Blanquette de veau avec riz aux raisins de Corinthe (Veal stew with rice and raisins) Chilean: Escabeche de Perdiz (Partridge with onions and vegetables).

Hand harvested in small, 10 kg, boxes. Hand sorting on a conveyor belt. Crushing - The bunches are washed and dried before crushing.

Complete de-stemming and light crushing. Fermenting - In temperature controled 21, 700 liters stainless steel vats. Five days of fermenting at 29C with three pumpings over per day.

Eighteen days of maceration...

Delicious minty and blackcurrant leaf nose. Fine structured wine with a palate that matches the nose, complimented by a smooth fig and cedar wood finish.

Good cedar and blackberry touches here. Warm, smoky aroma, very fine. Lovely effort for the quality level.

Dry, leathery, becoming creamy. Warm, ripe fruit. Nice length.

Pale straw in colour with long lasting bubbles. French and lively on the nose, with more good fruit and persistent length - an harmonious finish.

This demi-sec sparkling wine from Veuve de Vernay abounds in unique and subtle blends of fruity flavours with long lasting elegant bubbles.

Colour: Ranges from straw yellow (various shades) for the white processed wine to a coppery colour for a wine steeped in marc. Bouquet: Sharp, decidedly fruity, intense, delicate and persistent. Taste: Dry, relatively rounded and pleasant, well-balanced in acidity and alcoholic conent.

An ideal aperetif. Excellent with fish dishes.

Cherry red colour with glints of coral, fresh, winy and slightly fruity fragrance, with a dry, light and pleasantly sourish flavour. Generally accompanies main courses. When young it is ideal for soups, cream of vegetable soups, souffle and white meat.

Colour: Distinct tones of ruby red. Bouquet: Vinous, reminiscent of raspberries and pleasantly fruity when young. Taste: Full bodied, with slightly bitter aftertaste.

This wine generally accompanies main courses. When young it is ideal for soups, cream of vegetable soups, souffle and white meat.

Colour: Light straw with greenish tints. Bouquet: Delicate, fragrant and fruity: not over-powering but well balanced and with great character. Taste: Dry and harmonious.

Excellent as an aperitif, and ideal for hors d'oeuvre, shellfish and fish dishes.

The Mill Race at Vergelegen was constructed during Governor Adriaan van der Stel's tenure on the estate to divert water from the Lourens River to the mill wheel. Sourced from north and north-westerly vineyards at Vergelegen, Somerset West. Dominating soil types are decomposed granite, Hutton and weathered shale.

The grapes were harvested into 500kg bins and then de-stemmed and crushed. Fermentation took place at temperatures of 30c for the Cabernet Sauvignon and 26c - 28c for the Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The young wine was then macerated on the skins for a further three weeks.

Pressing was very light and the wine was run into small 225 litre French oak barrels for Malolactic fermentation. The wine was matured for 18 months in wood, followed by an egg white fining and...