Cap Classique Mixed Case 2025

This 100% Chardonnay Cap Classique is a delicate, fresh, and precise wine. Light bodied, the palate is mineral and fine, with notes of citrus and fruit blossom.

It's a perfect aperitif sparkling, you cannot go wrong. Fine bubbles, with a lively acidity that balances the fruit flavours.

The grapes are handpicked at 19∘B to ensure a balance of elegant fruit and high natural acidity. She employs whole bunch pressing to guarantee quality juice. The wine is then given extensive maturation time, resting for 42 months on the yeast lees before disgorgement, a commitment to complexity and finesse.

17% of the Chardonnay is from the 2022 vintage and was fermented in 600l 4th-fill Stockinger barrels from Austria. The remaining Chardonnay component from the 2023 vintage was fermented in cement tanks. The Pinot Noir was whole bunch pressed to ensure a gentle extraction. After settling, the free run juice was fermented in stainless steel.

The wine was on lees for 19 months (7 months more than minimum for Cap Classique) giving lovely texture and a fine bubble.

Jane's tasting notes:  "Pale salmon in colour. Nose full of bright citrus, intense raspberry, rose petal and a hint of spice. The palate is tangy and vibrant with a fine mousse and a refreshing, dry finish."

As with all wines from Pieter Ferreira, the hallmark is impeccable fruit with long lees aging this Blanc de Blancs is no exception, precision winemaking and extra fine bubbles.

This is a clean and focused Cap Classique built on diverse terroir (Cape Agulhas, Darling, Robertson). Whole-bunch pressed and partially oak-fermented, this wine delivers an enchanting luminous colour and extremely fine bubbles. The palate is built on a chalky backbone with layers of lime pith, citrus peel, and green almonds, finishing on a comforting brioche note.

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Sourced 30% from Cape Agulhas, 30% from Darling, 22% from Robertson and 18% from Napier, a small portion was fermented in oak. The nose shows a touch of flinty reduction before pear, peach, apple and citrus, with a subtle yeasty undertone. The palate is impeccably pure and driven, finishing dry and pithy. Always among the country’s most assured bottle-fermented sparkling wines, this vintage has even more clarity of fruit and finesse of the structure. 96/100." - Christian Eedes, Winemag.co.za