{"product_id":"my-koffer-magnum-2024","title":"My Koffer Magnum 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis wine articulates the work ethic of Bruno and the commitment of Carlo Suter - the Swiss rooted Breedekloof farming family. Mykoffer - a straight Breedekloof Cinsaut - with cherries and strawberries, it has a feminine elegance to it with a surprisingly intense personality - So with all the emotions connected to a first love, I present “My TASSENBERG”, “My TAS\" - BLANKbottle Mykoffer - a suitcase full of memories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Story:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs we move along in this adventure called life, we're (hopefully) increasingly exposed to fine and fascinating wines. We forget quickly and the days of getting excited when opening a bottle of Tassenberg is long gone. So it was then that in February 1994 I walked into Western Cape Liquor Store in Stellenbosch and bought my first bottle of TAS for R3.50. In the (student) years to follow, I partook in a lot of Tassenberg drinking (to put it mildly).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll that drinking gave me ample opportunity for reflection and I came to the conclusion that I wasn't particularly fond of the whole wine, but there was one flavour component in the wine which I loved. That flavour component reminded me of fresh strawberries - a sweet, green, wholesome sort of freshness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1997 I completed a month-long harvest stint in the (then) capital city of Tassenberg - Eersterivier Wine Cellar, Stellenbosch. We literally made hundreds of thousands of litres of Tassenberg. This is where the light went on for me and I finally identified the grape which produces my mysterious fresh strawberry component. It was Cinsaut! Ever since then I’d had the dream of producing a Cinsaut that tastes exactly the way I would like to remember TAS. The first straight Cinsaut I bottled was in 2007 - a Wellington Cinsaut as part of the Educational Range. The wine was good but not exactly the style I was after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot long thereafter, I received a tip-off from a well-respected winemaker friend about a little Cinsaut vineyard located in the lesser-known Breedekloof Valley. At that stage, the grapes went to a big cooperative winery where it basically disappeared into cheap red blends. So I took the plunge and bought some grapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e\u003c!-- wp:paragraph --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis wine articulates the work ethic of Bruno and the commitment of Carlo Suter - the Swiss rooted Breedekloof farming family - a straight Breedekloof Cinsaut - with cherries and strawberries, it has a feminine elegance to it with a surprisingly intense personality - So with all the emotions connected to a first love, I present “My TASSENBERG”, “My TAS\" - BLANKbottle Mykoffer - a suitcase full of memories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- \/wp:paragraph --\u003e","brand":"Blank Bottle","offers":[{"title":"My Koffer Magnum 2024","offer_id":46735268020390,"sku":"8169","price":630.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/8528\/4006\/files\/BlankBottleMyKoffer24.png?v=1753086369","url":"https:\/\/blankbottle.co.za\/products\/my-koffer-magnum-2024","provider":"Blankbottle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}