If you’re a sucker for sparkling but without the budget to splurge on free-flowing Champagne, consider looking further south.
Cap Classique – previously known as Méthode Cap Classique – is South Africa’s answer to the famous French fizz. Like champers, a bottle can only be labelled as Cap Classique if it’s produced following some very specific rules. It must be made in the traditional method of sparkling wine production, meaning a secondary fermentation takes place in the bottle to create the fine bubbles. It must also have 12 months on the lees, when the wine ages on yeast particles to develop complexity.
