Babylonstoren Sprankel Cap Classique 2017, 750ml

The seventh vintage of this delicious Cap Classique is perfectly rounded and balanced with crisp acidity, ripe fruit and palate-cleansing mousse. Ready to be enjoyed straight away, it also has good ageing potential of eight to ten years. Superb with simply prepared seafood dishes such as fresh crayfish or line fish with a beurre blanc sauce, or on it's own!

• Sprankel Cap Classique
• Grown and produced on the slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain between the wine-growing areas of Franschhoek, Stellenbosch and Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa, this delicious Brut has a light straw hue with a youthful tinge of green
• The soil composition includes Klapmuts/Longlands type soils of Malmesbury shale origin, and this is the seventh vintage of this delicious Cap Classique
• Perfectly rounded and balanced with crisp acidity, ripe fruit and palate-cleansing mousse, inviting another sip
• Serving temperature: Chilled, 10-15 degrees celsius
• Preservation: Ready to be enjoyed straight away, with good ageing potential of eight to ten years
• Delicious on its own but will be superb with simply prepared seafood dishes such as fresh crayfish or line fish with a beurre blanc sauce

How it's made:

• The grapes were whole-bunch pressed and the first fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks
• The wine was kept on the secondary lees in a stainless steel tank for seven months
• The second fermentation took place in the bottle, after which it was kept on the lees for a further 55 months prior to disgorgement
• Leaving it on the lees in excess of four years adds the richness of Granny's butter biscuits and brioche to the vibrant citrus and crunchy apple flavours, for an irresistible bouquet

• 90% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot noir
• Volume: 750ml
• Alcohol: 12%
• RS: 4.3 g/l
• TA: 7.9 g/l
• pH: 3.12