Graham Beck

Cuvée Clive

Name: Cuvée Clive
Brand: Graham Beck
Price: 1450 ZAR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 97 (4 reviews)

Sparkling Wine from Western Cape, South Africa

ITWS26

Gold

DWWA

R1,450

Bottle size:

750 ml

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Graham Beck

"Sparkling wine lovers in the know have long appreciated the quality of Cuvée Clive, which deserves to share the limelight with the very best Champagnes. Sourced from Durbanville and Robertson, it’s a seamless blend of wooded Chardonnay and 19% Pinot Noir of remarkable depth and complexity. Savoury, spicy and toasty, it has layers of lemon zest, strawberry, malt and shiitake mushrooms, effortless structure and focus and perfectly judged autolysis from 67 months on lees. The new disgorgement is another winner. 2026-32" – Tim Atkin MW South Africa Report 2026, 97 points, Overall Sparkling Wine of the Year

Grapefruit

Peach

Granny Smith Apple

Brioche

Upon arrival at the cellar, each parcel was gently whole-bunch pressed, extracting only the first 400L/ton - known as the cuvée fraction - for the purpose of this blend. Two of the Chardonnay portions underwent barrel fermentation in a combination of old Piece Champenoise (205L) barrels and Foudres (2000L), constituting 70% of the final blend. The third portion is fermented in stainless steel tanks. The Pinot Noir is entirely fermented in stainless steel.

The grapes for this prestige cuvee Cap Classique were selected from 3 special parcels on our property in Robertson, all grown on limestone rich soils, and a single block of Pinot Noir from Durbanville, planted on table mountain sandstone. The clonal selection for the Chardonnay consisted of CY277 and CY548, while the Pinot Noir is PN777. All grapes were hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed separately, with only the cuvee fraction of the juice (first 400L/ton extracted) utilised for the blend. The Chardonnay’s were harvested on 12 and 15 January, while the Pinot Noir was picked on 5 February.

Graham Beck

Graham Beck is a Robertson producer dedicated to Méthode Cap Classique, with a reputation built on bottle-fermented South African sparkling wine. Since its first MCC release in 1991, the range has become a benchmark for consistency, freshness and celebration-ready Cape sparkling wine.