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
Port 1983
2 (1 x 2) 750ml
Although wine was made on this Paarl farm from 1874, the first estate wine (a cinsaut) was bottled 100 years later, in 1974, with the first 'port' following in 1978. This was a blend of tinta barocca, cinsaut and alicante bouschet (other port varieties including souzão only added from 1985 vintage). A regular show winner.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
'An interesting, tough port, slightly more austere, less rich and viscous than some. 83 still rather an awkward adolescent, needs time to integrate and mellow.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 1987, 3*
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