Vergelegen Wild Winds Sauvignon Blanc 2024

Prescient Fund Services Sauvignon Blanc Report 2025: Top 10 Aug 2025 94 pts Subtle-aromatics of blackcurrant, peach, citrus, fynbos and some leesy complexity. The palate is rich and smooth textured, a smart line of acidity lending balance, a little grip on the finish.91 pts International Wine Review Feb 2025 Wild Winds is Vergelegen’s appropriately named, entry level Sauvignon Blanc complete with new label showing the ferocious False Bay winds that keep disease pressure low but, also, reduces yields. A very attractive wine, especially for the price, showing passion fruit and guava aromas and flavors, a full mouth feel, tangy acidity and a light saline note. Despite harvesting ripe (24 Brix), a few hours of skin contact, and blending in some Semillon, the acidity remains high, which makes it a great food wine. Sourced from the south facing Schaapenberg with mainly shale soils, destemmed, fermented in stainless steel with lees stirring.90 pts Tim Atkin MW 2025 Part of a new, slimmed down range at Vergelegen, Wild Winds is a well-priced Sauvignon Blanc that’s entirely sourced from the Schapenberg at the top of the farm. Kelp and fynbos aromas lead you into a palate of lime and passion fruit, with two per cent barrel fermentation adding a waft of oak spice. 2025-274 Stars 2026 John Platter’s South African Wine Guide Some blackcurrant scents but 24 (88 pts) more stony, flinty & somber than vivid 23 (91 pts). Creamy weight from lees ageing & nip of authentic ‘sauvage’ acid forges all-round balanced drinkability.