La Fleurette by JC Le Roux
£13.69
£18.25 per litre · incl. 20% VAT
In Stock — 15 bottles available
Pink, playful and full of bubbles, this is the bottle that gets a celebration started. Think ripe strawberry, juicy plum and a grapey lift of Muscat, all balanced by a fresh, frothy sparkle. Sweet without being cloying, it's an easy crowd-pleaser for toasts, summer afternoons and anyone who loves their fizz with a smile. Delivered across the UK.
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Our Verdict
We listed La Fleurette for the customer who finds most sparkling wine a bit too austere, and it has earned its place several times over. It has become a genuine customer favourite, with over seventy bottles finding homes already. What we love is how unapologetic it is: properly pink, properly fruity, and far better balanced than its sweetness might suggest. This is the one to pour at a birthday brunch, a hen do, or any moment that calls for something joyful rather than serious. Buy it for someone who lights up at the sight of a pink bottle. They will thank you.
Tasting Notes
Pour it and the colour gives the game away: a bright passion-pink that promises something playful. The nose is all ripe strawberry and crushed plum, lifted by a floral, grapey waft of Muscat that smells almost like fresh blossom. On the palate it's soft and frothy rather than crisp and fine-beaded, with sweet strawberry and plum carried by gentle bubbles. There's a touch of tropical fruit and a hint of raspberry sorbet, and just enough freshness to stop the sweetness cloying. Light, frothy, easy.
About This Wine
Some bottles take themselves seriously. This one just wants everyone to have a good time, and that is exactly why people keep reaching for it. Pour a glass and you get a pale, passion-pink sparkle that practically promises fun before you have even tasted it. And the taste delivers. Sweet, ripe strawberry leads the way, followed by soft plum and a wash of tropical fruit, with a floral, grapey richness from the Muscat that lingers on the finish. It is light, frothy and gently sweet, but there is enough freshness running underneath to keep it lively rather than syrupy. The blend is the clever part: mostly Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadel for brightness and perfume, with a splash of Pinotage and Shiraz lending that blush of colour and a whisper of red fruit. The grapes come from established vineyards across the Western Cape, planted high enough to hold on to their freshness. This is the work of South Africa's first cellar built solely for sparkling wine, so they know exactly what they are doing with bubbles. Serve it well chilled as an aperitif, or alongside a white chocolate cheesecake with berry coulis. It is also a lovely, low-fuss gift for someone who likes their wine cheerful. Ordered online and delivered to your door anywhere in the UK.
Food Pairing
This loves pudding. Pour it alongside a white chocolate cheesecake with a berry coulis and the fruit flavours echo beautifully. It's just as happy with bacon and camembert flapjacks topped with fresh berries for a lazy weekend brunch, or simply on its own as a celebratory toast. Serve very cold with a bowl of summer strawberries and you've got afternoon-in-the-garden sorted.
- —White chocolate cheesecake with berry coulis
- —Bacon and camembert flapjacks topped with fresh berries
- —Fresh summer strawberries and cream
- —Pavlova with raspberries and passion fruit
- —Brunch pancakes with maple syrup and berries
How to Serve
Decanting
No decanting needed. This is a fresh, frothy, carbonated style meant for immediate enjoyment, so pour it straight from a well-chilled bottle and drink while the bubbles are at their most playful.
The Land
There's no single vineyard at work here. Instead, the fruit is gathered across a spread of Western Cape sites at altitudes ranging from roughly 50 to 300 metres above sea level. Picking from cooler, higher slopes and warmer, lower ground gives the blend its building blocks: freshness from up high, ripe fruit from below, and the diversity that keeps the palate lively.
The Winemaking
This is a blend built for joy rather than gravity. White and red grapes come together, led by Sauvignon Blanc with a generous seam of Muscadel and a splash each of Pinotage and Shiraz. The grapes are hand-picked when ripe and sweet, and that pretty passion-pink colour is drawn gently from the skins in the first hours in the cellar. Fermentation is halted by chilling the wine right down, which keeps the alcohol low and leaves plenty of natural grape sugar behind. The bubbles arrive through carbonation, so expect a soft, frothy, playful sparkle rather than a fine Cap Classique bead.
The Western Cape Region
Le Domaine draws its fruit from vineyards scattered across the Western Cape, from coastal sites cooled by Atlantic breezes to warmer inland slopes, all planted between 50 and 300 metres above sea level. This broad sourcing is deliberate. By blending components from different microclimates, the cellar builds a consistent house style that balances the crisp acidity of cooler sites with the ripe generosity of warmer ones. It's the Western Cape's extraordinary diversity captured in a single glass.
About the Producer
JC Le Roux
The House of J.C. Le Roux holds a special place in South African wine history. Founded in 1983, it was the country's first cellar devoted entirely to sparkling wine, a bold move at a time when most South African producers considered bubbles an afterthought. The name honours Jean le Roux, a French Huguenot viticulturist who planted vines in Stellenbosch around 1704, and that pioneering spirit runs through everything the house produces. Based in the Devon Valley just outside Stellenbosch, the cellar released South Africa's first Pinot Noir Méthode Cap Classique in 1985 and has been pushing boundaries ever since. Under cellar master Melanie van der Merwe, the range spans everything from serious Cap Classique to fun, fruit-driven sparklers like Le Domaine. It remains the country's leading dedicated sparkling wine house, the name South Africans reach for when there's something to celebrate.