Provenance

The Coats Family Cellar is arguably the most prestigious fine wine collection ever offered in South Africa. It contains a deep collection of the worlds finest, most sought-after wines, spanning over 150 years. Collected over many decades, the cellar was imported from Ireland to South Africa via reefer. Each bottle within the Coats Family Cellar was authenticated by Michael Egan in August 2022 and given an ID number for tracking.

Michael Egan is a world-expert in fine and rare wines with more than thirty five years of experience. He was the principal expert for the plaintiff in the two major wine counterfeiting trials in Koch v. Eric Greenberg and United States v. Rudy Kurniawan, both of which occurred in 2013.

Along with Michael Egan, the Strauss & Co Fine Wine team have tasted extensively through the cellar and are confident of the wine storage and hence quality. The entire collection is currently stored at Wine Cellar.

Critics Ratings

‘Moderate oak influence mixes with reserved white flower and peach aromas that merge into elegant and very pure, rich, sweet and punchy flavors that are wonderfully deep and deliver first class intensity, all wrapped in an impeccably balanced finish. A striking wine by any measure but particularly so for a villages level wine - this will require patience.’ – Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 91-93/100 (Jul 2006)

‘The 2014 Meursault Les Rougeot has a complex bouquet with upfront scents of hazelnut, wild fennel, orange blossom and minerals. The palate has a pleasing weight on the entry. It is laden with wet granite, bitter lemon and lemon curd notes, a splash of lime surfacing towards the very persistent and judiciously spiced, stem ginger-tinged finish. There is great salinity here and it keeps urging you back for another sip. It would not surprise me if it deserves a higher score with bottle age, hence the plus-sign adjacent to my score.’ – Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, 92+/100 (Nov 2016)