This wine has been checked and re-corked by Amorim cork under supervision of auction curator Higgo Jacobs, assuring provenance, quality and long life. Seal code fU-406529, wl-265496, RW-077811 can be traced on Amorim Recorking Directory

Maiden vintage of Nederburg Baronne, Nederburg’s legendary cellarmaster at that time, Günter Brözel, created Baronne to meet the unexpected demand and shortage of red wines in the 1970s, with palates changing from fortified, sweet and quirky white wines, offered since the mid-1900s. This sudden demand for red wine was exacerbated by the fact that in those years, 80% of the planted varieties in the Cape winelands were white grape varieties with little red available. Brözel managed to secure Cabernet and Shiraz vineyards to produce his Baronne red blend.
To introduce an element of plushness to the wine and spicy warmth to lift the firm backbone of Cabernet Sauvignon, Brözel decided that Baronne would contain an element of Shiraz, the famous Rhône variety. Brözel’s credo was that Baronne would never be a wine of high alcohol or hard extraction that would lead to the tough tannins. Just a 'continuously renewable style of quality and perception'.