Pieter Ferreira Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs 2012
By Christian Eedes, 29 April 2019
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This is categorically the best bottle-fermented sparkling wine I’ve ever drunk from South Africa and given who it’s made by, it comes as no surprise. Pieter Ferreira, after starting his career at Haute Cabrière and then becoming a long-serving key player at Graham Beck, now also has his own label.
Grapes from Darling and Robertson, lees contact lasted five years. Yellow-green in colour, the nose is captivating with green apple and lemon, some smoky reduction that totally suits the wine plus some brioche and ginger. The palate – pure fruit, fresh acidity, fine mousse and a very long finish. Intensely flavoured and properly complex. Dry but not excessively austere. So, so precise. Alcohol: 12.22% and RS 3.86 g/l. Approximate retail price: R430 a bottle.
Editor’s rating: 94/100.
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Jane Corder | 7 September 2019
I am based in Johannesburg but am in Stellenbosch this weekend. Are we able to get any of the MCC 21012?
Christian Eedes | 7 September 2019
Hi Jane, Try Joostenberg.
Ann Ferreira | 17 May 2019
Thanks for the enquiry. Where are you based? ann@pieterferreiramcc.co.za.
DCF | 17 May 2019
Has anyone figured out where one buys this?