The Curator Swartland White Blend 2024 champagne-club The blue and black slate

The blue and black slate soils impart distinctive minerality and flinty precision that defines this wine's character

Finca Abril is a small

Maria Martinson

Fine and persistent perlage

It is a superb representation of the Chartogne-Taillet family’s dedication to terroir-driven Champagne

The Curator Swartland White Blend 2024 champagne-club The blue and black slateAdi Badenhorst's everyday white, and a reminder that the Swartland's magic was never reserved for the expensive bottles. The fruit comes from old bush vines on granite and slate, bought from the traditional farmers who have been working this dry, windswept corner of the Western Cape for generations. Chenin Blanc supplies about 60% of the blend and gives it backbone, while Chardonnay and Viognier fill in the flesh, the spice and the length. It is dry,