Flower Girl Method Ancestrale (750ml)

This ancestral method sparkling wine is crafted from organically grown Cabernet Franc grapes from Botanica’s home vineyards on Protea Heights Farm.    The Method Ancestral is a one of the oldest methods of making sparkling wine.  The primary, alcoholic, fermentation is stopped before it is fully complete and this fermentation continues in bottle and ends when the yeast cells use up the available sugar supply.  It differs from Traditional Method sparkling wine production as there is no tirage (sugar, wine and yeast solution added pre bottling to kick start a secondary fermentation) or dosage (sugar and wine solution added after the yeast has been removed to adjust sweetness and balance acidity).   It is a very natural, minimal interventionist way of making sparkling wine and also very risky as once that semi finished wine is bottled, you don’t really know what you are going to get until the you pop the cap and taste.  This is classified as an “Extra Brut” with 19 g/L RS.