3 vintages each of Tim Atkin's top 2 BLANKBOTTLE wines

Next week is Tim Atkin week! Special tastings of his 95+ wines of the year at 3 venues: Strauss & Co (Cape Town), Cavalli Estate (Stellenbosch) and Strauss & Co. (Johannesburg).

Unfortunately I will be in Europe, but my right hand man, winemaker Mister Xander Sadie will be there to present our wines at all 3 venues. 

In the meantime, for you our loyal followers, I would like to pre-release the last 3 vintages of our 2 highest scoring wines - one white and one red, (ID’s of these wines - still under wraps…)

OPTION 1: WHITE 6-bottle case: 2 x Bottles 2021, 2 x Bottles 2022, 2 x Bottles 2023

OPTION 2: RED 6-bottle case: 2 x Bottles 2020, 2 x Bottles 2021, 2 x Bottles 2022

OPTION 3: Both of the above

OPTION 4: Mixed 6-bottle case of red and white: 1 bottle each of all the above

Fancy people call this a vertical tasting of 3 years, I call it our journey. Almost like reading a book, just drinking it.

You know what to do - mail Aneen (aneen@blankbottle.co.za) or simply reply to this mail with your OPTION / OPTIONS. 

If you have some spare time; I did an INSTAGRAM LIVE interview with Tim a few weeks ago - if you have INSTAGRAM, click here to listen to it.

Hope you have a fun-filled day!

To finish off, a quote from Tim:

“I’m in the process of completing my 2024 South Africa Special Report, with the last bottles tasted in London this weekend. All in all, I have sampled a record 2,256 wines from 425 wineries to write my twelfth annual overview. Somehow, my teeth and liver have survived.”

“Having just crunched a few numbers, I can tell you that 217 wines have received 95 points or more this year, my equivalent of a Gold Medal. There is again one 100-point wine. Let the speculation begin! In addition to that milestone – only five South African wines have achieved my definition of perfection in the past - three wines scored 99 points (two reds, one white) and a further 13 scored 98 points. Not a bad haul.” - Tim Atkin.