Cape Heritage, Sweets & Fortifieds
Timed Online Auction, 5 - 17 June 2025
Fortifieds
About the SessionIt's rare to witness a collection of vintage ports like what's on offer in the 2025 Strauss winter catalogue. With the cold evenings approaching, these complex beauties are the perfect companions to open before dinner to warm the atmosphere.
About this Item
1980 marked exactly 100 years since the Nel family bought their farm in Calitzdorp. It was also the maiden vintage overseen by fifth-generation winemaker Carel Nel, who soon earned an almost unrivalled reputation for port-style fortifieds, initially made entirely from Tinta Barocca (planted in the 1970s by his father, believing it to be Shiraz!).
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
'SA benchmark for style, festooned with awards... Latest NV shows usual limpid hues, vibrant, silky, tea-leafy palate. Cape Tawny Vintner's Selection 80 more concentrated version of above, slightly sweeter. Tinta, aged 10 years in Portuguese oak, then bottle-matured. 131g/l sugar, 18% alc. Honeyed, leafy/floral whiffs on marmalade background.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2004, 4*
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