Vergelegen Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

The lowdown:
Vergelegen are expert in Bordeaux Blends and this wine, which comprises just one of the component grapes, is very much in that style. After a controlled fermentation the wine spent 17 months in oak barrels which has help give it a good structure and ample ageing potential. It has a first rate complexity, showing blackcurrants, spice, ripe plums and attractive wood aromas and flavours. And it’s quite full and rich on the palate with prominent, but very well integrated tannins.