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Coats Family Cellar | Iconic Bordeaux
About the SessionThe 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.
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About this Item
1899 Vintage Conditions: A heavy frost on the 20th of March (-6.3°C) caused major damage. The weather thereafter was very beautiful and dry until October. The harvest started at the end of September. Two rainy periods (20 mm) uniformly botrytised the whole crop. This was followed by three weeks of dry weather that allowed for two plentiful passes with very rich grapes. The quantity and degree of potential alcohol increased gradually for 13 days in a row. - Château d'Yquem Millésimes Report
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
'The year of the first motor buses in London. Pale amber. Light but perfect. Great dancing fruit. Pale marmalade. A little bit of chew on the end but very delicate. Lovely texture and lots of punch. Such a lot going on the finish. A really beautiful wine. Just a hint of lychees. So gorgeous and complete!' - Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com, 20/20 (Nov 2021)
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