Alvi's Drift Brut Nature Cap Classique

This bone-dry Cap Classique has a charming leaf gold colour with lively bubbles racing to the rim of your glass to form a delicate, fine crown of mousse. Intense, complex, and appealing nose showing aromas of baked brioche and lemon cream with hints of walnuts and nougat. The mousse is lively on the palate, chalky dry with notes of nuts and stone fruit that follow through to a full mid palate, long lingering with a refreshing creamy lemon finish.

Serve with fresh oysters and grilled prawns or try it with pear with goat cheese and walnut salad or even a mushroom quiche.

Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes are harvested early in the season to ensure the crisp fresh acidity required for a great Cap Classique. Whole bunches are hand selected from specific blocks, pressed and then fermented dry. This Cap Classique is bottle fermented in the traditional method and aged for 24 months on lees before being disgorged. Chardonnay is picked slightly greener than the Pinot Noir