Sprankel

Delicious with fresh seafood such as oysters, pan-fried scallops, grilled crayfish or steamed crab with beurre blanc.

On the slopes of the Simonsberg Mountain between the wine-growing areas of Franschhoek, Stellenbosch and Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.

The tenth vintage of this delicious Cap Classique. The grapes were whole-bunch pressed and the first fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks. The wine was kept on the secondary lees, mostly in stainless steel, with 10% aged in older 300-litre barrels. The second fermentation took place in the bottle, after which it remained on the lees for a minimum of 54 months prior to disgorgement.

Babylonstoren is one of the oldest Cape Dutch farms, set at the foot of Simonberg in the Franschhoek wine valley. It has a fruit and vegetable garden of beauty and diversity, unique accommodation, fine food and wine, and evokes a sense of wellbeing. Our wines are produced in a state-of-the-art winery and are made to showcase the soils and climate where their grapes are grown. The Tasting Room sits adjacent to the Wine Cellar, offering views of the conical Babylonstoren hill, Simonsberg and the Banghoek Mountains. We have about 94 hectares (232 acres) under vine and produce 13 different grape varieties, with our highest vines – pinot noir and chardonnay – lying against Simonsberg at some 600 metres above sea level. Led by cellar master Charl Coetzee and winemaker Klaas Stoffberg, the farm’s 2011 harvest led to the first bottling of wine under the Babylonstoren label.