Vergelegen, Merlot, Stellenbosch

Vergelegen · Coastal Region › Stellenbosch › South Africa

Red · Merlot
Sign in to rate Create your cellar
LWIN 1301788
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
85 /100
Reviews
2
professional

Vintages

No vintages

No vintage-specific entries have been added for this wine.

NV

Community Reviews

4
4
Reviews
84.5
Avg Score
85
Highest
Taster #9590 · May 13, 2012
85/100
A restrained nose of blackcurrant jam. In the mouth this was big on Stewed blackcurrant with plum, green pepper and pencil shavings - with a steely iron too. Quite a bit of oak, high tannins and a long dry finish of bitter chocolate. Pretty good, but a bit heavy going.
2005 vintage
Taster #3964 · Mar 19, 2012
ok
2005 vintage
Taster #8830 · Sep 21, 2009
84/100
Medium depth garnet. Typical merlot aromas of plums and herbs combined with rubbery/animal notes typical of South African wines. Mid-bodied and austere, very old-world in style, with subtle fruit, firm tannins and high acidity. Fairly long but rather flat aftertaste. Not special.
2005 vintage
Taster #8424 · Mar 12, 2009
Caroline's bash (Windsor) : Tasted alongside the 2000. Unsurprisingly this is a younger version of its older brother. The younger more vigorous version was generally prefered by the tasters. **1/2
2005 vintage