Mill Race Red

Best paired with a bowl of creamy risotto or peppery grilled fillet.

Sourced from north and north-westerly vineyards at Vergelegen, where soil types of granite, Hutton and weathered shale dominate. Wine lovers from all over the world can look forward to excellent wines from a much cooler and smaller 2023 harvest. A cooler ripening period ensured high quality wine with early cultivars. Late cultivars have been more challenging due the rains and cold conditions, but good management practices and exceptional site produce high quality grapes.

The wine was matured for 12 months in 15% new French oak. It was then blended and bottled.

Grapes from various vineyards were hand-picked, sorted, and fermented in stainless steel tanks with selected yeasts. After fermentation, extended skin contact and malolactic fermentation took place in steel tanks.

Situated at the tip of the African continent at the Cape of Good Hope in the renowned Stellenbosch district Vergelegen is nestled between the Helderberg and Hottentots Holland mountains with views of Cape Town Table Mountain and False Bay. This fertile valley protected by granite cliffs enjoys a mild climate of long warm days that bring the fruit to full ripeness and cooling afternoon ocean breezes that lengthen the growing season intensifying the depth of fruit flavor in grapes. Favored with 21 soil types Vergelegen is rich ground for cultivating the breadth of noble varietals and clones essential for crafting the estates brilliant world-class wines. The estate has a rich and storied cultural history dating back to 1700. The philosophy at Vergelegen is simple: “To strive to produce the best possible wines by careful decision-making that maximizes the synergy between vineyard and winery.”ed at the tip of the African continent at the Cape of Good Hope in the renowned Stellenbosch district Vergelegen is nestled between the Helderberg and Hottentots Holland mountains with views of Cape Town Table Mountain and False Bay. This fertile valley protected by granite cliffs enjoys a mild climate of long warm days that bring the fruit to full ripeness and cooling afternoon ocean breezes that lengthen the growing season intensifying the depth of fruit flavor in grapes. Favored with 21 soil types Vergelegen is rich ground for cultivating the breadth of noble varietals and clones essential for crafting the estates brilliant world-class wines.