BLANKbottle WINERY

The BlankBottle Winery is located on a farm outside Somerset West in South Africa’s Western Cape. Critically-acclaimed Winemaker Peter Walser's operation is unconventional to say the least. There are no signs, no formal wine tasting facilities, he owns no vineyards and rarely makes the same wine twice - a unique approach which has gained him a considerable cult following. The philosophy behind his winemaking is simply not to think too much about it and that one should care much more about enjoying what is actually in the bottle rather than the contents of the label. Hence he deliberately leaves his labels quite vague, freeing him to explore a vast range of styles and varieties without limitations. The result is over 40 different small lots of unique low intervention wines made exclusively with small batches of grapes bought from around 60 vineyards all over the Western Cape.

 “In 2004, a lady came to my house to buy wine. She asked for anything but Shiraz. “I don’t drink Shiraz”, were her exact words. I poured her a glass of wine. She loved it and bought 3 cases. It was a straight Shiraz”.

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Brave
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Brave

$69.99 x 6

$371.62 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $69.99 EACH
PRODUCER
The BLANKBOTTLE Winery
VINTAGE
2021
COLOUR
Red
SUB-REGION, REGION, COUNTRY
Somerset West, South Africa
GRAPE
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
 




Scared is what you feel, BRAVE is what you do 2021! 

Grown in the Helderberg Vineyard - right next to Somerset West. Decomposed granitic soil down the mountain at 190 meters above sea level protected against the South Easter. The grapes were picked at optimal ripeness and cooled overnight to 4 degrees celsius. The next morning the grapes were destemmed to open top fermenters. The juice underwent spontaneous fermentation and stayed on the skins for as long as possible. Pressed into French oak small barrels - 40% new oak, 18 months in barrel, blended and bottled.

Blankbottle Winery Pseudonym Cinsault Darling estern Cape South Africa
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Pseudonym

$56.99 x 6

$302.60 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $52.99 EACH
PRODUCER
The BLANKBOTTLE Winery
VINTAGE
2022
COLOUR
Red
SUB-REGION, REGION, COUNTRY
darling, western cape, South Africa
GRAPE
Cinsault
 



Pseudonym is made from a small 68-year old little vineyard. It grows in a little valley into the mountain in Darling. Seeing that it is the only food source around, the birds eat the grapes every year. The farmer could never use the valley for something else, so he kept the vineyard. When the grapes eventually ripened, there wouldn’t be much left to harvest. He would then pick the bits and throw it with the other grapes from the farm headed for the big co-operative winery. This was what had happened for 64 years. I asked him if we could cover the whole vineyard with bird nets, I bought the nets and he gave the labour. It was at the age of 65 when, for the first time, a wine was made exclusively from that little vineyard. I make two wines from it. Retirement @ 65 – a blend of the little block of Cinsaut and 25% Shiraz as well as Pseudonym which is 100% the Old vineyard Cinsaut. 

BLANKbottle Autumn Equinox, white wine, semillon, sauvignon blanc, riesling, 2022, Elgin, South Africa
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Autumn Equinox

$52.99 x 6

$281.36 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $52.99 EACH
PRODUCER
The BLANKBOTTLE Winery
VINTAGE
2022
COLOUR
white 
SUB-REGION, REGION, COUNTRY
Elgin, western cape, South Africa
GRAPE
Weisser Riesling, Semillon and Sauvignon blanc

 

The grapes were picked at optimal ripeness and cooled overnight to 4 degrees celsius. The next morning the grapes were pressed as whole bunches. The juice underwent spontaneous fermentation in concrete egg shaped tanks, amphora and older French oak barrels. Deep winter the wine received one sulfur addition. 10 months on the leese, blended and bottled.

 

94 Points, Tim Atkin

Autumn Equinox is a new wine from Pieter Walser - or rather a resurrected one, as it was called DOK in a previous life - made from an assemblage of Semillon, 30% Riesling and 25% Sauvignon Blanc. Aged in amphoras and old wood for a year, it's sappy, intense and very stony, with pear, lemon zest and lanolin notes and layers of intrigue and complexity. Drink 2023-29’ 

Searching for l'Estrange
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Searching for l'Estrange

$52.99 x 6

$281.36 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $52.99 EACH
PRODUCER
The BLANKBOTTLE Winery
VINTAGE
2022
COLOUR
white 
SUB-REGION, REGION, COUNTRY
SWARTLAND, western cape, South Africa
GRAPE
Palomino, Verdelho
 

A whole-bunch, clay pot, bees-waxy Palomino. The wine is true to it’s name - (L’E) STRANGE! It's made from humble Palomino, which originated in the Sherry producing areas of Spain. The cuttings were brought to the African continent by ship and planted in 1965 on the mountain in Piekenierskloof, 550 meters above sea level. The 54-year old bush-vine vineyard, grown in African soil was made in African pots made from Limpopo clay, enhanced by the wax of African bees producing honey from African flora - meticulously guided, bottled and labelled by the colourful hands of the African people.

Orbitofrontal Cortex
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Orbitofrontal Cortex

$52.99 x 6

$281.36 PER CASE
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SIZE
6 PACK, 750ml BOTTLES, $52.99 EACH
PRODUCER
The BLANKBOTTLE Winery
VINTAGE
2022
COLOUR
WHITE
SUB-REGION, REGION, COUNTRY
SWARTLAND, western cape, South Africa
GRAPE
VERDELHO, PALOMINO, RIESLING, SEMILLON, SAUVIGNON BLANC, MARSANNE, ROUSANNE, CHENIN BLANC
 

Verdelho from 2 different vineyards, Palomino, Weisser Riesling, Semillon, Sauvignon blanc, Marsanne, Roussanne, Chenin blanc from 3 different vineyards, Chardonnay and Viognier The idea behind this wine was (and still is) to select the white components in the winery we like most and to assemble a blend that represents that particular vintage in an honest and pure way. This is OUR favourite wine, not necessarily the best. The one that we as a team like the most. It is not bound to an area or varietal - it is an assembly of interesting things that differs from year to year according to whatever performed well that specific season.