2018 Pieter Ferreira Birdsong Extra Brut

No introductions are required for Mr and Mrs Bubbles themselves. Ann, the owner, and Pieter, the winemaker, at Pieter Ferreira are nothing short of South African legends. 

Pieter has always been a fearless boundary breaker when it comes to producing some of the world’s best bubbly – his journey started out with three harvests in Champagne before returning to South Africa where he chairs the Cap Classique Association and is a member of the Cape Winemakers Guild. The Extra Brut 2018 is no exception to his rule of excellence.

Primarily tank fermented, with a small portion of Chardonnay undergoing barrel fermentation, before three grams of dosage and five years on the lees. This leads to an extraordinarily complex bubbly with layers of fruit, nut, brioche and chalk on the palate.