Bon Courage’s Jacques Bruéré: Cap Classique that waits 48+ months
WoSA’s Robertson MCC story highlights Bon Courage Jacques Bruéré with more than 48 months on lees — a premium sparkling path where time, not only bubbles, does the work.
Sparkling wine can be party noise. Or it can be patience you can taste.
WoSA’s Cape Chatter on the romance of Robertson Cap Classique points to Bon Courage’s Jacques Bruéré as a vintage MCC of distinction, aged more than 48 months on lees. Lees are the spent yeast cells left after the second ferment in bottle. Leave them long enough and the wine picks up biscuit, cream, and a finer bead. That is the classic méthode traditionnelle homework — the same broad method Champagne uses — applied in Robertson’s sunny, limestone-friendly sparkling lane.
Mini-lesson: months on lees are a time tax. Short ageing keeps fruit loud and cheap to produce. Long ageing costs cellar space and cash, but it buys texture. When a Cape label posts 48+ months, it is signalling premium intent, not just a cork and a celebration sticker.
For Gen Z nights, that matters. If the choice is a sweet RTD versus a serious bubble, long-lees Cap Classique gives you a reason beyond “it’s fizzy.”
Pattern: 48+ months. Time is the ingredient you cannot fake in a can.
Source: WoSA