Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'1986 has incredible depth of colour and full nutty/prune nose. Very rich on palate with good tannin and dryish finish. Will be bottled as a vintage port during '88 after two years in new French oak, nothing wrong with drinking it now, but as Carel Nel says, it won't reach its peak in his lifetime.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 1988, 4*

'The quality of that screwcapped 1986, from 100 per cent Tinta Barocca and still drinking well, illustrates both the suitability of the Calitzdorp area is for this style of wine and the speed with which the Nels grasped how to make them.' - Angela Lloyd, Wine.co.za, June 2011