Petillant Naturel 'Originel', Le Rocher des Violettes 2021 Country_South Africa is floral and expressive

is floral and expressive

There are 30 hectares of vines

wife of Laurent Guillet who makes the wine alongside his Morgon (available here) at Domaine de la Chaponne: from grapes fermented as whole bunches (with occasional remontage but no pigeage) this is soft and gentle

from flint and clay soils and vinified in stainless steel (with just a small portion aged in barrel)

characterful wine with intense aromas of pear

Petillant Naturel 'Originel', Le Rocher des Violettes 2021 Country_South Africa is floral and expressiveThese unusual sparkling wines are, for some peculiar reason, very much on trend but the mthode ancestrale (where a single fermentation takes place under pressure in bottle using the natural yeasts and sugar present and no dosage) actually pre dates the 'tradtional method' of Champagne, Cremant, Cava etc which uses a second fermentation to make the bubbles. Don't expect the clarity and finesse of a Champagne, these characterful wines instead have