The Liberator Ep.42 Midnight Bakkie Rides Again 2022
LIB6222A / 75cl
The ‘return of midnight bakkie’ suggests a follow up to an earlier Liberator release. It is, although previously, our winemaker had demanded complete anonymity, his face pixelated to hide his true identity. This time, however, his cover has been completely blown… The winter of 2021 was wet, and our pixel-faced winemaker didn’t factor for the potential increase in the crop sourced from his carefully selected vineyards. Historically, having purchased grapes by the hectare (rather than conventionally by the tonne), our boy-wonder was caught on the hop. To many grapes means too much wine in the cellar. Flavour-wise, the grapes were perfect but, with almost twice as much fruit as expected, the concentration these vineyards usually deliver was not quite there. Conceding that not all the resulting wine was ever going to make the cut for his grand vin, he knew he needed to maak ‘n plan… So, whilst we are experiencing a shortfall in the overall production of wines under the Alheit Vineyards label for this next campaign, followers of the Liberator are only set to benefit from the component parts that failed to make the grade. Rick has already proclaimed the result to be virtually extra-terrestrial…
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