MCC Brut

This Méthode Cap Classique is the quintessential drink for all occasions and is the most versatile wine for food pairings. This dry Brut can be served with eggs royale for breakfast, a traditional Cape Malay bobotie, fresh seafood, or with your favourite dessert. Not to mention the obvious match with fresh oysters, pâtés, or simply on its own with the people you love.

Currently, in their fourth generation, the Graaff’s can be attributed many successes, including supplying electricity to the city of Cape Town for the first time, building the biggest refrigeration company in the early 1900s called Imperial Cold Storage, the 1st Baronet was even the mayor of Cape Town at the age of 32. Today they are a progressive bunch with a focus on education and empowerment. The wine and their seat overlooking the whole of Cape Town speaks for itself. We invite you to get acquainted.

During 2021, a late winter and spring lead to a late harvest season in 2022 with 3 small compact heat waves in January. Above average crop, quality and quantity wise. The well-established Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vineyards are trellised using the VSP system and are located on the slopes of the Tygerberg at approximately 7 kilometres from, and in sight of, the Atlantic Ocean. The 2022 vintage delivered yields varying from 8 to 10 tons per hectare.

The wine was aged on the lees in the bottle for 14 months to create that delicious biscuit-like richness before ‘dégorgement’ – the process whereby the yeast is removed to leave the wine beautifully clear.

The De Grendel Cap Classique is a classic blend of 81% Chardonnay and 19% Pinot Noir. Grape bunches were whole-bunch pressed. After settling and racking, the juice was inoculated and fermented in stainless steel tanks where it underwent malolactic fermentation. The base wine was filtered and bottled with ‘Liqueur de Tirage’, a yeast and sugar mixture which facilitates secondary fermentation in the bottle creating natural carbonation.