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
Long regarded as a Cape benchmark and even admired by producers in the Douro, this 'port' from the Helderberg is no longer produced. Older vintages are hen's teeth collectors' delights, all drinking beautifully now.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
'The Cape's best? Many believe so. Certainly not only a local benchmark, but much admired by some of Portugal's leading producers for combination of its power and refinement. It would be infanticide to drink the 1995 (in 1999)' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 1999, 5*