“Too much of anything is bad, but too much champagne is just right,” said writer F Scott Fitzgerald. While he wasn’t talking about MCC, the sentiment still applies. South Africa’s premium traditional-method sparkling wine delivers all the elegance and complexity you’d expect from a top bottle of bubbles.
Vergelegen MMV Cap Classique is the kind of wine that turns an ordinary evening into an occasion. This Woolies online-exclusive MCC, available only in the Western Cape (boo for everyone else), gives you every excuse to celebrate. We’ll happily take a glass or 10.
Our pick this week:
Vergelegen MMV Cap Classique
R399.99, Woolworths
Why we love it:
What’s not to like about bubbles? Especially when they’re found in Vergelegen’s rather exclusive MMV Cap Classique Brut, with its bright citrus, baked apple and hint of brioche. Fresh, elegant and dangerously drinkable, it’s the sort of bottle that vanishes before you quite realise it. Stocks are limited, though, which may be either a blessing or a curse. We’re firmly in the curse camp.
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