2024 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.5%
Residual Sugar 1.2 g/L
pH 3.53
Total Acidity 5.6 g/L
Calories (estimated) 115 kcal / glass
150ml glass115 kcal
750ml bottle575 kcal
Grape Varieties 100% Pinot Noir
Region Elgin
Elevation 252.0 meters
Orientation Se-Facing
Grape Clone Three-clone combination; individual clones not identified
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Natural Yeast Yes
Oak Details 60% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak60%
Contains Added Sulfites Yes
Vegan Yes
Vegetarian Yes
Closure Natural Cork
Production Details Single Elgin Valley Road vineyard on a rocky outcrop, trained by vertical shoot positioning on a traditional three-wire trellis. Grapes were picked at optimal ripeness and cooled overnight to 4°C; the following morning they were 90% destemmed into open-top fermenters. Fermentation was spontaneous and the wine remained on skins for as long as possible. It was pressed into small oak barrels, 60% new, matured in barrel for 8 months, then blended and bottled. Finished-wine analysis also reports free SO2 17 mg/L, total SO2 69 mg/L and volatile acidity 0.88 g/L.
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2023 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.5%
Residual Sugar 1.81 g/L
pH 3.71
Total Acidity 4.95 g/L
Calories (estimated) 115 kcal / glass
150ml glass115 kcal
750ml bottle575 kcal
Grape Varieties 100% Pinot Noir
Region Elgin
Elevation 252.0 meters
Orientation Se-Facing
Grape Clone Three-clone combination; individual clones not identified
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Natural Yeast Yes
Oak Details 60% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak60%
Contains Added Sulfites Yes
Vegan Yes
Vegetarian Yes
Closure Natural Cork
Production Details Single Elgin Valley Road vineyard on a rocky outcrop, trained by vertical shoot positioning on a traditional three-wire trellis. Grapes were picked at optimal ripeness and cooled overnight to 4°C; the following morning they were 90% destemmed into open-top fermenters. Fermentation was spontaneous and the wine remained on skins for as long as possible. It was pressed into small oak barrels, 60% new, matured in barrel for 8 months, then blended and bottled. Finished-wine analysis also reports free SO2 23 mg/L, total SO2 64 mg/L and volatile acidity 0.76 g/L.
2021 Technical Specifications
Alcohol 13.0%
Residual Sugar 1.81 g/L
pH 3.5
Total Acidity 5.04 g/L
Calories (estimated) 110 kcal / glass
150ml glass110 kcal
750ml bottle550 kcal
Grape Varieties 100% Pinot Noir
Region Elgin
Elevation 252.0 meters
Orientation Se-Facing
Grape Clone Three-clone combination; individual clones not identified
Fermentation Vessels Open-top fermenters
Natural Yeast Yes
Oak Details 60% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak60%
Contains Added Sulfites Yes
Vegan Yes
Vegetarian Yes
Closure Natural Cork
Production Details Single Elgin Valley Road vineyard on a rocky outcrop, trained by vertical shoot positioning on a traditional three-wire trellis. Grapes were picked at optimal ripeness and cooled overnight to 4°C; the following morning they were 90% destemmed into open-top fermenters. Fermentation was spontaneous and the wine remained on skins for as long as possible. It was pressed into small oak barrels, 60% new, matured in barrel for 8 months, then blended and bottled. Finished-wine analysis also reports free SO2 19 mg/L, total SO2 68 mg/L and volatile acidity 0.61 g/L.
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2020 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties Pinot Noir
Region Elgin
Elevation 252.0 meters
Orientation Se-Facing
Grape Clone Three-clone combination; individual clones not identified
Vegan Yes
Vegetarian Yes
Production Details Elgin Valley Road vineyard on a rocky outcrop, trained by vertical shoot positioning on a traditional three-wire trellis. The producer says 2020 delivered the vineyard's best crop to that point, but the archived page supplies no vintage-specific winemaking sequence or finished-wine analytical values beyond vegan status.
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Producer Information
Website
Address
The BLANKBOTTLE Winery, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
Phone
+27 82 872 8658
Email
Owner
Pieter Walser
Cellarmaster
Pieter Walser