Boplaas
Cape Vintage Reserve 2003 - 2006
Port
About the SessionThe Port session is a true treasure trove for collectors of Cape and Portuguese fortified wines. It is rare to encounter a collection of vintage Ports such as those featured in the 2026 Strauss Winter Catalogue. With the colder evenings approaching, these complex and beautifully layered wines make the perfect companions to open before dinner, adding warmth and atmosphere to any gathering.
About this Item
This four bottle vertical of Boplaas Cape Vintage Reserve, spanning 2003 - 2006, covers the most celebrated era of the Nel family's fortified wine programme, with the 2004 earning 95 points from Tim Atkin MW in his 2021 SA Special Report, the 2005 earning 94 points in his 2024 report and the 2006 earning 95 points in his 2018 report, while Jancis Robinson MW scored the 2006 17/20.
Provenance
Private Client
Critics Ratings
2004:
"Cape fortifieds are not as well known or appreciated as they deserve to be and this is one of the very best of them. Mature, complex yet still full of life, it has flavours of dark chocolate, balsam, sweet spices and black fig, with perfectly judged 99 grams of sugar and remarkable palate length. 2021–2030." - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2021, 95/100
2005:
"Still concentrated and comparatively youthful at nearly twenty years of age, this is a dense, layered cuvée of Touriga Nacional, 15% Souzão and 5% Tinta Barocca. Flavours of dark chocolate, fig and molasses are framed by serious tannins, old wood and 83 grams of sugar. Very good now but will be even better in a decade's time. 2024–2030." - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2024, 94/100
2006:
"Very deep, blackish crimson. Very rich, round and yet explosive. Like the sweetest form of tea, sort of meat tea, a Victorian pick-me-up. Tannins remarkable but the fruit suggests it will sustain the wine while the tannins subside. Tastes as though it would do you good! Very rich. Very sweet but still pretty chewy." - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (December 2012), 17/20
"Fifty cases of this amazing mature Port have just been re-released, underlining how well the best Cape fortifieds age. Still rich and deeply coloured, it's tarry, tannic, scented and sweet with fig and blackberry fruit, some liquorice and dense tannins. 2020–2028." - Tim Atkin MW, SA Special Report 2018, 95/100
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