Cape Heritage, Sweets & Fortifieds

Timed Online Auction, 5 - 17 June 2025

Fortifieds
About the Session

It'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.


Current Bid

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Lot 165
  • Overgaauw; Cape Vintage Reserve Millennium Celebration; 1998; 2 (1 x 2); 500ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 1 200 - 2 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 1 000
Location
Wine Storage
Delivery
Delivery within South Africa included
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About this Item

1998 Cape Vintage Reserve Millennium Celebration
2 (1 x 2) 500ml

'Handcrafted in celebration of the new Millennium.' A limited-release Millennium Celebration bottling from Overgaauw, where traditional port varieties were first planted in 1949

Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'Pioneer of classic styling using Portuguese vars. Exceptional 97 (5*) followed by 98 still needing time on review mid-2007; structured, richly balanced. Always long-lived, high quality. Blend touriga, tintas b/f/r, souzão, cornifesto.' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2009, 4.5*

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