Tasting Notes
My Koffer translates as my bag, or my suitcase, and this wine is meant to be a suitcase of memories of the good old days, and what made Pieter fall in love with wine and the strawberry-scented Cinsault grape in particular. Produced from the same Breedekloof vineyard since 2011. The tiniest hint of struck match at first, give it a good swirl to allow those gorgeous cherry and strawberry aromas to emerge, matched with rose petals, pumice, a gentle green and sappy note too. Soft and palatable, with a strong rocky backbone providing structure. This is a wine that ages remarkably well too. Looks beautiful in a magnum.
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The tale behind the name BLANKbottle is that when Pieter was starting out, he made a small parcel of Shiraz and was left with a few unlabelled cases. One day, a woman wanted to buy a wine – “Anything but Shiraz,” she told him. Pieter shrugged and sold her the unlabelled Shiraz, neglecting to mention the variety. A few weeks later she returned demanding more, saying it was the best thing she’d ever drunk. For Pieter, it was a lesson on the gap between what people think they like (or dislike) and what they actually like (or dislike). After that, he decided not to list the varieties on his labels. Every one of Pieter’s wines is a story, rather than a grape variety, and it’s the juice inside the bottle which reveals that story. He doesn’t own any vines, but instead scours South Africa’s winelands for top-quality fruit that has somehow slipped under the radar, now sourcing from nearly 70 sites. Some years he’ll make 20 wines, other years 35. With the benefit of anonymity, variety and regional identity take a back seat while parcel expression does the driving. These are some of South Africa’s most original wines, made by one of South Africa’s most original winemakers.