Bordeaux Themed

Timed Online Auction, 2 - 14 July 2025

Bordeaux | South Africa

Current Bid

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Lot 48
  • Kanonkop; Paul Sauer; 2001; 1 (1 x 1); 9000ml
  • Kanonkop; Paul Sauer; 2001; 1 (1 x 1); 9000ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 25 000 - 40 000
Current Bid
Starting at ZAR 25 000
Location
Wine Storage
Delivery
Delivery within South Africa included
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About this Item

2001 Paul Sauer
1 (1 x 1) 9000ml

This internationally acclaimed, long-ageing Bordeaux blend was named after former owner, Paul Sauer, and was first made in 1981.

A 9-litre bottle of wine is called a Salmanazar. These large-format bottles are often used for aging, celebration, or display, and can hold wine extremely well due to the lower oxygen-to-wine ratio.

Provenance

Private Client

Critics Ratings

'Fine Bordeaux-style blend, one of few undoubted Cape classics - with recent years showing modern touches to classicism. Vinified traditionally in open fermenters. 01's 64% Cabernet less than usual 80%; with equal amounts Cabernet Franc & Merlot. From first sniff, obvious claims to illustrious lineage: violets, tea-leaf, blackberries, presented subtly and superbly. Finely structured and balanced palate, strongly elegant, with succulent acidity & silky tannins, plentiful understated fruit. 26 months new French oak will knit. Few more years will bring harmony, heralding rewarding lengthy maturity' - Platter's SA Wine Guide 2005, 4.5*

'Deep red-ruby. Pure, nuanced nose offers bitter cherry, plum, cedar, minerals and sweet tobacco; more complex and elegant than the straight Cabernet. Then lush and smooth but at the same time vinous and penetrating, conveying an impression of strong extract. Not at all sweet style despite its superripe berry flavors, but this is smooth, sappy and serious. Finishes with terrific length and verve, with lush, broad tannins. Very classy wine.' - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, 92+/100 (Mar 2005)

Notes

This bottle was assessed and recorked on 22 January 2025 at Kanonkop Wine Estate.

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