Pieter Ferreira Cap Classique Birdsong Extra Brut 2022 SPS21 all accompanied by a gentle

all accompanied by a gentle spiciness

green apple and lemon threaded through a chalky frame

unwinding it into something layered and earthy

The vineyard overlooks the small valley and the Cistercian abbey of Lieu-Dieu des Champs

Pieter Ferreira Cap Classique Birdsong Extra Brut 2022 SPS21 all accompanied by a gentlePieter Ferreira has been making bubbles in South Africa for four decades long enough that they call him Mr. Bubbles, and long enough that he essentially helped build the modern Cap Classique category. Now he does it under his own name, on his own terms. Birdsong is Chardonnay led with Pinot Noir, from Robertson and Stellenbosch fruit, made in the traditional method and left on the lees for well over three years before disgorgement. Extra Brut, so