Estate · Méthode Cap Classique
Vintage 2020 · Upper Hemel-en-Aarde Valley
Brioche, green apple and chalk after forty-two months on the lees.
R420 per 750 ml bottle
Order this winePale gold with a fine, persistent bead. Brioche and green apple first, then chalk and a faint salinity. Extra brut at 3 g/l, so the fruit carries the wine rather than sugar. Disgorged March 2025.
At the tableOysters from the bay, salted crisps, or simply before anything else.
Chardonnay from the coldest block on the farm, at the very top of the ridge, picked for acidity rather than ripeness.
A cool, even year. Picked on 3 February 2020 at 18.5 °Brix, three weeks ahead of the still Chardonnay.
Base wine fermented a third in old barrels. Second fermentation in the bottle, then 42 months on the lees in the barrel hall before disgorgement.
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