Krone Borealis Vintage Cuvee Brut 2018

Made from the traditional grape varieties of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, hand-picked in the early morning with only the best free run juice used for this wine. Krone Borealis is a Method Cap Classique which means it is made in the same way as a Champagne, bottle fermented, matured on the lees and is the only sparkling wine we have which goes through the now rare but traditional process of hand riddling.

Elegant, iridescent gold. Bursts of elderflower and apple blossom intermingle with orange peel and crushed oyster shell. There’s a citrusy-tingle of baobab pods on palate entry, edged in that salinity so characteristic of the 2018 vintage. Taut, lean and fresh; kumquat and naartjie come to the fore evolving into salted caramel. The mousse is fine-beaded and toned, with a graceful trajectory into a tensile finish that promises to become more biscuity as it ages.