Vergelegen Sauvignon Blanc Reserve, 2020

The 2020 Schaapenberg Sauvignon Blanc is extremely aromatic with ripe passion fruit and ripe guava, black currant leaf, a touch of lemongrass, and good minerality. The aftertaste is long and clean. Serve with fresh oysters, sushi, and lightly spicy Cape Malay cuisine.

The grapes were hand-picked and de-stemmed but not crushed. The de-stemmed grapes were cooled to 8°C and pumped into the Bucher Inertys Press, which uses inert gas – nitrogen – rather than normal air and ensures that the must/grape juice is protected against oxidation and flavor loss. The clean juice was fermented at 12-14°C for 16 days, followed by 8 months on the lees.

Alc 13.64%
RS  2.15 g/l
TA  6.98 g/l
pH 3.17