2021 Norval Foundation Benefit Auction
Live Virtual Auction, 9 December 2021
Session 1
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About this Item
Le Lude, a wine farm in the picturesque Franschhoek Valley, follows an ethos committed to its founding family and the crafting of naturally bottle-fermented sparkling wines, known as Cap Classique. Today Le Lude builds on this important vinous tradition by specialising in Cap Classique, ensuring that grapes expressing site and terroir are coaxed into a premium product of unrivalled excellence. Innovation in the cellar and the restless, un-comprising pursuit of perfection in the bottle have made Le Lude one of the world’s most exciting new producers of Cap Classique, a wine becoming internationally renowned for finesse, elegance and refinement.
This Franschhoek property dedicated to producing MCC sparkling wines have achieved stellar success in a short amount of time with a specialised focus on quality. This 2012 vintage cuvee made history in becoming the first South African sparkling wine to achieve a platinum award at the renowned and highly contested Decanter World Wine Awards.
The grapes used to make this Cuvee were sourced from different parcels across the Western Cape in order to create the canvas of flavours needed to produce the basewine. The grapes were picked at first light in shallow 14kg crates, before being transported hastily to the cellar cooling chambers. The Le Lude 2012 Cuvee has tasting notes of a floral citrus with a blend of ripe lemons with development aromas of toasted brioche, caramel and buttered toast while boasting a creamy texture to the bubble.
In May 2019 the 2012 Vintage Cuvée from Franschhoek-based wine farm Le Lude received a platinum award (97 points) at the 16th Decanter World Wine Awards in London - making it the first South African Méthode Cap Classique (MCC) to receive such a high accolade. Only 2000 of these magnums were produced so this is certainly a wine lovers delight.
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Kindly donated by Le Lude, Franschhoek.
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