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Critics Ratings

'Flagship 98 with the emphasis on cab. s. at 75%, plus 20% merlot, splash cab. f. As limpid, spicy, minerally as stablemate above, alive with dark cherry fruit, fine acidity - the (minute) difference lies only in the concentration. This very marginally less dense. Exactly same oaking in all-new, top-drawer French Taransaud, Sylvan barriques. (2 000 cases made to celebrate 300 years of vergelegen in 2000.) Both will be horribly unobtainable trophy wines - all the more gnashingly because they will not be horribly priced - at well below R100. They will stand comfortably beside international quality equivalents commanding R200-300. Van Rensburg calls Vergelegen "Virgin Glen". Now that would work - against the Screaming Eagles and Leaping Stags/Frogs of California.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide (2000)

A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc) Full, deep red. Aromas of blackcurrant and tobacco, complicated by a gamey element. Lush, sweet and pliant, with a wonderfully velvety texture and a complicating note of tobacco leaf. Finishes very long and sweet, with suave tannins and notes of currant, smoke and tobacco.' - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 92/100 (2003)