2022 Le Petite Piccadilly Chardonnay

"Salicylic minerality glistens the pureness of diamond shards dancing on your tongue in an extravagant poem of etheric sparrows homing in on an invisible beauty" – Anton describing his Chardy. Whoa. This fruit for this poetic drop hails from the Cemetery Block,  at the base of the Piccadilly Valley, which is run by 6th generation farmers Jenny and James Griggs. It's whole bunch pressed, and only the free run fraction is sent to 680 litre ceramic eggs for fermentation and aging on lees. Diamon...Read More...

"Salicylic minerality glistens the pureness of diamond shards dancing on your tongue in an extravagant poem of etheric sparrows homing in on an invisible beauty" – Anton describing his Chardy. Whoa. This fruit for this poetic drop hails from the Cemetery Block,  at the base of the Piccadilly Valley, which is run by 6th generation farmers Jenny and James Griggs. It's whole bunch pressed, and only the free run fraction is sent to 680 litre ceramic eggs for fermentation and aging on lees. Diamonds and sparrows.

Anton van Klopper makes natural wine! By his definition, and consequently encouraging the standard of many others inspired by him, natural wine must be made from organic/ biodynamic grapes and naturally fermented. The winemaker must not fine, filter or add anything including sulphur. So this one’s for the zero/zero heads. Anton, along with his merry band of Basket Range bandits, like to make wines for health, to the betterment of humans and the environment. 

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