December 2023 Auction

Jose Pemartin 'Reserva Privada' Berisford Solera 1914 Rare Old Fine Sherry

Sherry drawn from a solera system established in 1914. 

Fonseca 1994 Vintage Port

Vintage Port is a specific style of Ruby Port which is made only in exceptional years and from the ripest grapes. The grapes are left to achieve full ripeness before they are picked, vinified and then fortified with high-proof grape spirit.

Vintage Port spends a short time ageing in barrel – only two to three years – and is bottled, unfiltered, while still very dense and full of sediment. This is why Vintage Port's minimum bottle-ageing period is considered to be 15 years. Upon bottling, the wines continue to age and can reward patient maturation for many decades.

1994 vintage, bottled in 1996.

Fletcher's 40 Year Old Tawny Port

Tawny Port is a particular style of Port in which the fortified wines are aged for a number of years in small oak casks.  This process of deliberate and careful oxidative maturation imparts typical characteristics of stewed fruits, nuts and leather. The wines do not age or improve further upon bottling.

This Port was matured for an average of 40 years prior to bottling in 2021.

François Martenot 1993 Gevrey-Chambertin 2x75cl

Pinot Noir from the Burgundian appellation of Gevrey-Chambertin.

Fonseca \"Guimaraens\" 1985 Vintage Port

Vintage Port is a specific style of Ruby Port which is made only in exceptional years and from the ripest grapes.  The fermented wine is fortified before being aged for 2 years in massive oak vats which preserve the ripe fruit character.  Upon bottling, the wines continue to age and can reward patient maturation for many decades.

1985 vintage, bottled 1987.

Julian Haart 'Piesporter Goldtröpfchen' Riesling Kabinett 2014 Mosel

Semi-sweet Riesling from the single vineyard of Goldtröpfchen located in the village of Piesport in Germany's famous Mosel River valley. 

Kabinett is the lightest style of German wine. It is made from grapes which were picked at full ripeness (but not late-harvested) and the style typically ranges from dry to off-dry with well balanced residual sweetness and acidity. 

Isole e Olena Vin Santo 1995 Toscana 37.5cl

Vin Santo is a traditional sweet wine from the Italian region of Tuscany.  Typically, the wine will be made from the white grapes of the Trebbiano and/or Malvasia varieties, dried on straw mats to concentrate the natural flavours and grape sugars, then pressed and partially fermented with moderate to high residual sugars.

Vino Santo may vary in colour from a pale to gold, dark amber to even neon orange. 

José Gil 'Viñedos en San Vicente de la Sonsierra' 2018 Rioja

Tempranillo domiant blend from the famed Rioja region of northern Spain.

Rioja is arguably Spain's top wine region and is one of only two regions classified under the Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa) system. Other than Tempranillo and Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo (Carignan) are also used in the red wines of Rioja. 

Fattoria Dei Barbi 1995 Brunello di Montalcino

100% Sangiovese from the Tuscan town of Montalcino.

Brunello di Montalcino is one of the great under-appreciated wines of Italy.  100% Sangiovese which undergoes an extended period of pre-fermentation maceration to extract maximum colour, flavour and tannins which affords the wine its ability to mature for long periods.  Brunello di Montalcino must be aged in oak - commonly Slavonian oak - for a minimum of 2 years, though traditionally winemakers would age their Brunellos in oak for at least 3 years before release.

Fritz Steinlein 'Wehlener Sonnenuhr' Riesling Spätlese 1979 Mosel

Semi-sweet Riesling from the single vineyard, Sonnenuhr by the village of Wehlen, just north of the famous town, Bernkasteler-Kues, in Germany's famed Mosel valley.

Spätlese is the the lightest of the German late harvest wines, produced from slightly-late-harvested grapes and may be either sweet or dry. If “Trocken” is noted on the label you can assume it's a dry style.

Francesco Minini Valpolicella 150cl

Part of the Valpolicella family of wines, each Corvina and Rondinella dominant blends.

Please note that due to the additional weight, there shall be a shipping charge for 2 bottles applied to this lot.

Filipa Pato & William Wouters 'Território Vivo' Baga 2015 Bairrada

Red wine made from 100% Baga grapes from the central coast Portuguese region of Bairrada; matured for 12 months in open pipas.

Fonseca 1999 LBV Port

1999 Late Bottled Vintage Port from the house of Fonseca. Bottled in 2004.

Fonseca Guimaraens, often simply called Fonseca was founded in 1815, Fonseca Port is considered one of the leading Port wine companies, famed for its Vintage Port since their first release in 1840.

Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) Port is a specific style of Ruby Port in which the fortified wine - from a single, specified vintage - is aged for an extended period of time before bottling. Unlike Vintage Ports, LBV Ports do not continue to mature in the bottle.

Francois Clair & Fils 'Clos de Tavanne' 1976 Santenay-Gravieres 1er-Cru

Pinot Noir from the Premier Cru vineyard of Clos de Tavannes located within the Burgundian appellation of Santenay in southern Côte de Beaune.

James Irvine Grand Merlot 1990 Eden Valley

Merlot from Australia's Eden Valley, located just north of Adelaide.

Grand Merlot is the flagship wine of the James Irvine estate, typically matured for around 2 years in oak barrels prior to release. 

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