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
2007 was an excellent vintage in the Douro. 'One feels very fortunate to have had near perfect conditions,' said Charles Symington of Graham's, which was founded by brothers William and John Graham in 1820, and acquired by the Symington family in 1970. Warre's was established as the first British Port House in 1670.
This lot consists of the following bottles:
Warre's Vintage Port 2007
Graham's Vintage Port 2007
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
Warre's Vintage Port 2007
'Offers lovely perfumed aromas and beautiful raspberry and blackberry character, turning to tar, black truffle and wet earth. Full-bodied and medium sweet, with a balance of very chewy tannins and sugary fruit at the finish. This goes on and on. The great 1994 again? Best after 2020. 6,500 cases made.' - James Suckling, WineSpectator.com, 95/100 (April 2010)
'Very dark crimson still. Heady, exotic, rather Mouton-like aromas. Notably sweet palate entry with some sensation of tea leaves. I like the combination of tension and sweetness! Racy and full of fruit and delivery. Getting there in terms of nuance.' - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 17.5/20 (May 2018)
Graham's Vintage Port 2007
'A candidate for wine of the vintage, the 2007 Graham's Vintage Port is complete in every way. Opaque purple-colored, it offers up an ethereal perfume of smoke, mineral, Asian spices, incense, an amalgam of ripe black fruits, and a hint of chocolate in the background. This leads to a dense, super-rich, plush, opulent wine that hides its structure under all the fruit. Vibrant, impeccably balanced, and exceptionally lengthy, it will easily age for another 25-30 years in the cellar and drink well through 2050, probably longer. It is a tour de force.' - Jay Miller, Wine Advocate, 97/100 (March 2010)
'Cherry fruit bursting on to the tongue - vivacious and bright, really enthralling. Comparatively quiet nose that needs good time to realise its full potential.' - Richard Hemming, JancisRobinson.com, 18/20 (May 2009)