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Epileptic Inspiration 2022
Epileptic Inspiration 2022
750ml
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A single vineyard Semillon from Elgin. The wine is a combination of Amphora, old and new French oak fermented/aged components.
The Story:
"Epileptic Inspiration 2013? You have no respect!", a Swiss guy told me on a trip to Zurich.
Since the beginning of BLANKbottle, I have been designing my own labels. At first, it was because there was absolutely no way I could afford designers. I made use of Microsoft Word, typed BLANKbottle, placed it into a block and played around with the colours - no designing skills required at all. And, to be honest, for the first 10 years I actually didn't like my labels much (besides maybe the honesty of it). Every year, I would again have to fight off the desire to employ professional label designers.
For those of you who don't know this: I started having Epilepsy at the age of 30. Then in November 2013, whilst not on medication, I had another huge epileptic fit (the second one ever). So the Dr booked me off driving and surfing, yet again. When I have a fit, what happens to me at first is that I forget everything. My long term memory returns quite soon thereafter (within hours), but I find that my short term analytical memory takes a lot longer to return - if at all...
And this is how I started to design my new labels for the 2013 wines. I could not look at the computer due to the flickering screen. So I started making use of scissors, paint, Lino, pencil and old paper. And the result: I think I had a breakthrough in design, inspiration of Epileptic proportions.
So the drawing and design of my own labels came as a direct result of my epilepsy. And here’s the strange part which I cannot prove - I believe that something in my brain changed due to epilepsy. Before epilepsy I had no skill or desire to draw paint etc. Now I still don’t have the skill, but at least I like my labels!
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Information
Varietals: Sémillon
Vintage: 2022
Region: Elgin
Ward: Valley Road
Vineyard: Vines grow on a rocky outcrop in the cool climate Elgin valley. Vines trained according to the vertical shoot positioning method on a traditional 3 wire trellis system - 233 m above sea level on a SE facing slope.
Winemaking: 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 a combination of Amphora as well as new and old French oak. Deep winter the wine received one sulfur addition. 10 months on the leese, blended and bottled.
Technical Analysis
Alcohol Strength: 13.5% / vol
Acidity: 5.5 g/l
Reducing Sugar: 2.5 g/l
PH: 3.49
Free SO2: 25 mg/l
Total SO2: 72 mg/l
Volatile Acidity: 0.71 g/l
Closure: Natural Cork
Vegan: TRUE
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