Nederburg Cuvee Brut
£14.89
£19.85 per litre · incl. 20% VAT
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The Drinks Business Asian Masters 2026 - Silver
Bubbles shouldn't cost a fortune to feel like an occasion. This South African sparkler delivers crisp, fruit-forward fizz from Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc, all bright citrus and a lasting, fine mousse. Brilliant as a low-stakes Friday treat or the welcome glass at a party, and friendly enough on the wallet to pour generously. Chill it well and enjoy.
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Our Verdict
We listed this because honest, well-made sparkling wine under fifteen pounds is rarer than it should be, and Nederburg nails it. It picked up a Silver at The Drinks Business Asian Masters, and tasted blind you would not guess the price: the lees ageing gives it a roundness that lifts it above the usual supermarket fizz. This is our go-to recommendation for anyone who wants celebratory bubbles on a Tuesday, for big-batch toasts, or as a safe, generous gift. Buy two. One rarely lasts the week once it is open.
Tasting Notes
Pour it and the mousse sets the tone: fine, persistent bubbles streaming through a bright, crystal-clear glass. The nose is delicate rather than showy, all orchard fruit and a citrus lift that comes from the Chenin and Sauvignon Blanc blend. On the palate it is crisp and dry, with green apple and a squeeze of lemon carried by genuinely fresh acidity. That bracing line is the point: it keeps everything taut and clean, and the finish lingers without ever turning heavy. An easy, refreshing fizz that does its job beautifully.
About This Wine
Here is the bottle to keep on hand for whenever life gives you a reason to celebrate, or no reason at all. Nederburg Cuvee Brut is the Cape's answer to easy, joyful fizz: a non-vintage sparkling wine built around Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc, two grapes that South Africa does better than almost anyone. The blend draws on fruit from cool, granite and shale soils across the Western Cape, where naturally high acidity gives the wine its zip. The base wine rests on its lees, the spent yeast, for close to two months before blending, and you can taste the payoff: a softer, rounder texture beneath the crisp green-apple and citrus bite. Expect a brilliantly clear glass, a steady stream of fine bubbles, delicate orchard-fruit aromas and a clean, refreshing finish that keeps you coming back. Serve it properly chilled, around 6 to 8 degrees, and it sings. It is a natural with fresh oysters, but just as happy alongside a lazy weekend brunch of Eggs Benedict or a herb omelette, and it makes a lovely aperitif entirely on its own. It also makes a generous, crowd-pleasing gift that never feels like a gamble. We deliver across the UK, so a taste of the Cape is only a few days from any doorstep.
Food Pairing
This is built for the table as much as the toast. That crisp acidity slices through richness, so it shines next to freshly shucked oysters or a folded herb omelette. Try it with Eggs Benedict for a celebratory brunch, the bubbles cutting the hollandaise perfectly. It also handles a platter of fresh seasonal fruit, and it is more than happy on its own as an aperitif.
- —Freshly shucked oysters with lemon
- —Eggs Benedict for a celebratory brunch
- —A light herb omelette
- —A platter of fresh seasonal fruit
- —Salt and pepper calamari
How to Serve
Decanting
No decanting needed. This is a fresh, early-drinking sparkler, so pour it straight from a cold bottle to keep the mousse fine and the citrus aromatics crisp and lively.
Ageing & Cellaring
Drink this young and well-chilled. It is a fresh, fruit-forward non-vintage brut made for early enjoyment, with crisp acidity and a fine mousse that are at their best now. There is no benefit to cellaring, so open it while it is vibrant.
The Land
Vines rooted in granite and shale soils hold onto a higher natural acidity, which is exactly what you want for sparkling wine. Open canopies let sunlight reach the bunches, building balanced ripeness and good fruit definition without losing that crucial freshness. Different soils, one clear aim: brightness in the glass.
The Winemaking
Here's where the freshness comes from. Built from Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc, the base wine rests on its lees, the spent yeast left behind after fermentation, for close to two months before the final blend is settled. That's a deliberately light touch rather than long, biscuity bottle ageing, and it shows. The result keeps the fruit bright and the bubbles fine, with crisp acidity running right through to a clean, lingering finish. A sparkling wine made for the moment rather than the cellar.
About the Producer
Nederburg
Nederburg sits in the Paarl valley, at the foot of the Drakenstein mountains, and it has been making wine there since 1791. That's not a typo. Few producers anywhere in the world, let alone the Cape, can claim over two centuries of continuous winemaking history, and Nederburg wears that history properly: not as a museum piece, but as the foundation for one of South Africa's largest and most consistently decorated wine estates.
The original farmhouse, a gabled Cape Dutch manor completed in 1800, still stands today and is protected as a national monument. It's the kind of building that tells you everything about the Cape's Dutch colonial past, all whitewashed walls and elegant curves, and it remains the beating heart of the estate.
What interests me most about Nederburg, though, isn't the architecture. It's the winemaking lineage. Through the twentieth century, a succession of talented winemakers built the estate's reputation for quality at scale, most notably the German-born Günter Brözel, whose work in the vineyards and cellar helped set new standards for South African wine and brought Nederburg an extraordinary run of show success. Few Cape estates have collected more trophies and awards over the decades.
That combination, serious scale paired with genuine craft, is why I think Nederburg deserves a place in any UK wine lover's exploration of South Africa. The 5600 range, named for the estate's founding altitude marker, offers Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinotage that show real varietal character without asking you to spend a fortune. The Cuvée Brut, meanwhile, is proof that South Africa's sparkling wine scene deserves far more attention than it gets on UK shelves.
We stock Nederburg because it does something genuinely useful: it makes reliably good, honestly priced South African wine accessible to people who are just starting to explore what the Cape has to offer. This isn't a boutique producer chasing scarcity. It's a historic estate that has spent over two hundred years learning how to make wine people actually want to drink, delivered to your door here in the UK.