The fine wine thread

janplank said:
The wine was not bad considering its age. Good colour. No foul tastse either.
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lucky you, we opened an 85 Uitkyk Estate Red the other day, and it tastes like bland monis/ribena
 
Dessert wine is glorious when served chilled. It is sweet but not cloying

Have two 375ml bottles of 1987 Noble Lievland Late Harvest. Had a wine collector from Franschhoek offer me R1000 for one bottle in May. I was astonished that he would consider it worth that much. He told me the wine auction houses ask between R1300 and R1800 for that specific cultivar

There were 6 bottles back in 1988 and we drank one in 2000 and 3 since then. It has an extremely refined taste

Been in my internal wine cupboard for the past 35 years

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chrisc said:
Dessert wine is glorious when served chilled. It is sweet but not cloying

Have two 375ml bottles of 1987 Noble Lievland Late Harvest. Had a wine collector from Franschhoek offer me R1000 for one bottle in May. I was astonished that he would consider it worth that much. He told me the wine auction houses ask between R1300 and R1800 for that specific cultivar

There were 6 bottles back in 1988 and we drank one in 2000 and 3 since then. It has an extremely refined taste

Been in my internal wine cupboard for the past 35 years

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Lievland ... Not a brand you see much (actually not at all of) lately
Enjoy the soete!
 
chrisc said:
Dessert wine is glorious when served chilled. It is sweet but not cloying

Have two 375ml bottles of 1987 Noble Lievland Late Harvest. Had a wine collector from Franschhoek offer me R1000 for one bottle in May. I was astonished that he would consider it worth that much. He told me the wine auction houses ask between R1300 and R1800 for that specific cultivar

There were 6 bottles back in 1988 and we drank one in 2000 and 3 since then. It has an extremely refined taste

Been in my internal wine cupboard for the past 35 years

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Grabbed another yesterday. One of my favourites.

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dualmeister said:
Not sure.
Are they saying that they are selling the smoked wine from the fire :laugh:

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Part and parcel of the unique South African terroir. Smoke seed pre-germination techniques are used for many fynbos species, including proteas. It's amazing that no-one before them have used the annual fires in the WC to distinguish our uniquely South African wines.

Smoke Primer - Fynbos Germinator (5 discs) | Protea Seeds

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chrisc said:
Dessert wine is glorious when served chilled. It is sweet but not cloying

Have two 375ml bottles of 1987 Noble Lievland Late Harvest. Had a wine collector from Franschhoek offer me R1000 for one bottle in May. I was astonished that he would consider it worth that much. He told me the wine auction houses ask between R1300 and R1800 for that specific cultivar

There were 6 bottles back in 1988 and we drank one in 2000 and 3 since then. It has an extremely refined taste

Been in my internal wine cupboard for the past 35 years

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I guess that the high sugar content is key to its longevity. I also keep a bottle or two of Muscadel in the back of my storage, for the really cold days, and to serve as a desert wine for dinner guests. To be consumed strictly in small quantities only.
 
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