Provenance

The Coats Family Cellar is arguably the most prestigious fine wine collection ever offered in South Africa. It contains a deep collection of the worlds finest, most sought-after wines, spanning over 150 years. Collected over many decades, the cellar was imported from Ireland to South Africa via reefer. Each bottle within the Coats Family Cellar was authenticated by Michael Egan in August 2022 and given an ID number for tracking.

Michael Egan is a world-expert in fine and rare wines with more than thirty five years of experience. He was the principal expert for the plaintiff in the two major wine counterfeiting trials in Koch v. Eric Greenberg and United States v. Rudy Kurniawan, both of which occurred in 2013.

Along with Michael Egan, the Strauss & Co Fine Wine team have tasted extensively through the cellar and are confident of the wine storage and hence quality. The entire collection is currently stored at Wine Cellar.

Critics Ratings

'The Charmes-Chambertin is so concentrated, voluptuous, and chewy that the overall impression is one of layer upon layer of sweet, jammy Pinot fruit crammed into a wine that fills and coats the mouth with such purity and intensity it has to be tasted to be believed. An oenologist might quibble over the low acid, as well as the element of sur-maturite in the wine, but, wow, what extraordinary flavor dimension and richness this wine possesses. Approachable now, it should drink well for the next 10-12 years.' - Robert Parker Jr, Wine Advocate, 96/100 (Oct 1992)

'Gorgeously complex nose of wood spice and black fruits that are beginning to show some secondary development with silky round flavors and a good deal of velvet on the long finish. A very impressive wine that seems to have integrated well the pronounced oak that was so prominent in its youth. A very fine effort that is drinking well now though should continue to hold well.' - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 94/100 (Oct 2001)