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SOUTH AFRICA<br />
– SPARKLING WINES –<br />
Boschendal’s Cap Classique winemaker, Danielle Coetsee, is aiming to<br />
achieve more and more refinement and delicacy in her wines<br />
‘In recent years, we have placed a focus on creating more refinement<br />
and delicacy while still delivering on fullness of flavour and autolytic<br />
character,’ says Boschendal winemaker Danielle Coetsee, stressing:<br />
‘Cap Classique will never be Champagne, just as Champagne will<br />
never be Cap Classique. There is a boldness and lushness in Cap<br />
Classique that you don’t easily find in sparkling wines from other<br />
countries. Today Cap Classique stands proudly on its own.’<br />
‘Cap Classique does not pretend to replace Champagne; it<br />
reflects more sunlight in the bottle which, combined with greater<br />
affordability, will always put a smile on your face,’ says Jeff<br />
Grier of Villiera in Stellenbosch when asked how he persuades<br />
traditional Champagne drinkers to try Cap Classique. However,<br />
he acknowledges that meeting Champagne producer Jean-Louis<br />
Denois in 1983 was the catalyst in his decision to start making<br />
bottle-fermented sparkling wine in 1984, resulting in a decade-long<br />
partnership. ‘Apart from JLD passing on generations of Champagne<br />
know-how, I had the opportunity to work in Champagne for three<br />
vintages early in our development.’<br />
Today, Cap Classique accounts for 40% of Villiera’s production,<br />
the range including Tradition Brut NV (90 points from Gilbert<br />
100 SUMMER 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE
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