Vergelegen Premium Sauvignon Blanc
£12.99
£17.32 per litre · incl. 20% VAT
In Stock — 12 bottles available
91Natalie Earl, Decanter
International Wine Challenge, GoldInternational Wine & Spirit Competition, Silver
Stellenbosch Sauvignon Blanc at its most precise. Vergelegen sits six kilometres from the cooling breath of False Bay, and you taste that proximity in every sip, lime blossom, crunchy gooseberry, a flick of white pepper, and an acidity that snaps you to attention. A benchmark white from one of the Cape's oldest and most respected estates.
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Our Verdict
We've tasted a lot of Cape Sauvignon Blanc, and Vergelegen Premium is one we keep coming back to. It's the precision that does it, that cool-Atlantic snap of acidity wrapped around genuinely ripe fruit, with a mineral spine you usually only find in wines costing twice as much. Vergelegen's whites have collected multiple 90+ scores from Tim Atkin in recent reports, and you can taste why. Perfect for anyone who loves Sancerre but wants more generosity in the glass, or as a confident, well-chosen gift for a serious white-wine drinker. A customer favourite, and one of our most-recommended Stellenbosch whites.
Tasting Notes
Pale straw with a faint green shimmer in the glass. The nose leads with lime blossom and crushed gooseberry, then layers in ripe guava, passion fruit and a twist of white pepper, that tropical-meets-herbaceous tension Stellenbosch Sauvignon does so well. The palate is taut and bright, with quince and green apple riding a line of bracing acidity. A chalky, almost saline mineral edge gives the long finish real grip and keeps every sip pulling you back.
About This Wine
There's Sauvignon Blanc, and then there's Vergelegen Sauvignon Blanc. The difference is the place, a 300-year-old estate tucked beneath the Hottentots Holland mountains, where Atlantic air off False Bay drifts through the vines and keeps the fruit taut, fragrant and alive. You can feel that cool-coast tension the moment the wine hits the glass. Expect pale, green-tinged gold in the glass and a nose that bounces between zones: lime blossom and gooseberry on one side, ripe guava and passion fruit on the other, with a curl of white pepper and crushed quince keeping things interesting. The palate is where Vergelegen really earns its reputation, laser-bright acidity, ripe fruit that never tips into tropical excess, and a chalky mineral finish that lasts far longer than the price suggests. Pour it cold alongside Cornish crab, grilled prawns or a Thai green curry. It's brilliant with goat's cheese, asparagus, or a simple piece of pan-fried sea bass with lemon. Or just chill a bottle for a warm evening and let it do the work. Vergelegen is one of South Africa's most storied estates, third-oldest in the country, sustainability pioneer, and a fixture on every serious critic's radar. Delivered to your door anywhere in the UK, and a genuinely thoughtful gift for any white-wine lover who thinks they've seen everything Sauvignon Blanc can do.
Food Pairing
Built for the table and made for seafood. Think Cornish crab on sourdough, grilled mackerel with gooseberry sauce, or a plate of Loch Fyne oysters with nothing but a lemon wedge. The mineral acidity also slices beautifully through a goat's cheese tart or a Thai green curry where you want freshness rather than fire on top of fire.
- —Cornish crab on sourdough toast
- —Grilled mackerel with gooseberry sauce
- —Loch Fyne oysters with lemon
- —Goat's cheese and caramelised onion tart
- —Thai green chicken curry
How to Serve
Decanting
No decanting needed. If anything, pull it from the fridge ten minutes before pouring so the gooseberry and quince notes have a chance to lift, rather than serving it locked-down cold.
Ageing & Cellaring
Drink young and fresh. This is a Sauvignon Blanc designed to show off its zip and aromatic lift, so enjoy within two to three years of release. A short rest in the rack can soften the edges a touch, but there's no reward in cellaring it longer.
The Land
Vergelegen's vineyards climb between 140 and 310 metres above sea level, with slopes turned to the north-west and the south-east. That spread of altitude and aspect gives the winemaker a palette of microclimates to draw from, cooler south-facing sites preserving acidity and aromatic lift, warmer aspects building texture and ripe fruit weight in the blend.
About the Producer
Vergelegen
Vergelegen has been making wine since 1700, founded by Cape governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and now standing as the third-oldest winemaking estate in the country. Anglo American took stewardship in 1987 and committed to the kind of long-horizon thinking the place deserves, restoring 2,240 hectares of native fynbos across the 3,000-hectare estate and earning South Africa's first BWI 'Champion' status for its conservation work. The winery itself is built into a hilltop, an octagonal structure echoing the walled garden van der Stel laid out three centuries ago. Today Luke O'Cuinneagain leads the cellar, bringing experience from Bordeaux, California and Stellenbosch, and a quiet philosophy of minimal intervention and patient stewardship.