2022 Blank Bottle Autumn Equinox

All based around the Autumn Equinox theory, which is mad enough but here we see a blend of Riesling, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc… yeah, you read that correctly! There is an old theory that the best vineyards ripen at the Autumn Equinox. Before the days of soil analysis and drones winemakers would decide what was planted where by seeing what ripens at the Autumn Equinox. So Syrah in Cote Rotie would ripen around the 20th of September for example (although things are changing slightly now with climate change). In the Southern Hemisphere this is around the 20th of March so Pieter selected grapes that were harvested around this date that were at optimal ripeness. Made in a combination of Amphora and old French Oak, spends a year on lees.