Empire Strikes Back 2022, Blank Bottle

The Empire Strikes Back tells the story of Pieter leaping to the defence of Stellenbosch, the original old guard and ‘empire’ of South African wine, in its fightback against the trendy new kid on the block, the Swartland. Now here’s a white with plenty in the tank for the years to come. Beautifully complex Verdelho on display here, notes of pineapple, red apple, guava and citrus with some of the classical Verdelho nuttiness getting involved too.