{"id":39539,"date":"2021-09-14T22:26:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/?p=39539"},"modified":"2022-02-12T12:10:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T10:10:36","slug":"new-world-record-price-paid-for-grand-constance-strauss-co-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfi-global-staging.com\/topwineold\/2021\/09\/new-world-record-price-paid-for-grand-constance-strauss-co-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"New world record price paid for Grand Constance – Strauss Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RECORDS APLENTY! There were five bottles up for grabs at the Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auction held in Johannesburg on 14\u00a0September 2021. All South African wines, ranging from a 34-year-old dessert to one from a barrel first filled in 1800 \u2013 some buyers in the room, some bidding online and others phoning through. Never before had anybody paid as much for dry red and sweet wines from the Cape: R80K for Chateau Lib and George Spies Cab, R850K for a small bottle of Grand Constance \u2013 more than the R420K paid earlier in the year at the Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in Stellenbosch, and that's before adding VAT and commission. Will we ever know who the buyers were?!<\/p>\n

See below for the auction highlights, and for more about these collectables click here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Chateau Libertas 1957<\/strong>
\nR91 040 paid for 1\u00d7750ml bottle
\nBlend of Cinsaut and Cabernet Sauvignon made by Stellenbosch Farmers Winery (now Distell). From the Winshaw La Gratitude Cellar in Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n

GS Cabernet 1966<\/strong>
\nR91 040 paid for 1\u00d7750ml bottle
\nSomewhat mysterious wine, an experiment by Monis winemaker George Spies, supposedly using Durbanville grapes. Thought to be no more than 24 bottles in existence. From the Distell Tabernacle in Stellenbosch.<\/p>\n

Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1987<\/strong>
\nR34 140 paid for 1\u00d7500ml bottle: R51 210 per 750ml
\nSweet Muscat, a re-creation of the legendary Constantia Wyn<\/em> made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The second vintage of Vin de Constance and the first to be commercially released. Private seller.<\/p>\n

Jaubert Muscat d'Alexandrie ‘1800'<\/strong>
\nR91 040 paid for 1\u00d7275ml bottle: R248\u00a0290 per 750ml
\nFrom a 115L barrel of fortified Muscat dating back to the year 1800, a sweet, non-vintage solera-style wine topped up with Muscat every few years. From the Joubert Tradauw cellar outside Barrydale in the Klein Karoo.<\/p>\n

Grand Constance 1821<\/strong>
\nR967 300 paid for 1\u00d7375ml: R1.935m per 750ml
\nFrom Simonsig Wine Estate \u2013 a bottle cellared by Frans Malan after it was purchased on auction in London in 1983. By 1821, Constantia Wyn<\/em> was arguably at the height of its fame, universally known “to soften the temper of ministers, and to sweeten the lips of royalty itself”<\/em> \u2013 Groot Constantia. Quite a bit of the 1821 harvest had been reserved for the exclusive enjoyment of Napoleon, however after his death that year a supply of the wine re-entered the market. Unlike the bottle sold at the 2021 Cape Fine & Rare Wine Auction which had been recorked, on this occasion the wine was sold in its original state.<\/p>\n

\u2217<\/strong> Above prices include buyer's premium and VAT.<\/em><\/p>\n

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  RECORDS APLENTY! There were five bottles up for grabs at the Strauss & Co Fine Wine Auction held in Johannesburg on 14\u00a0September 2021. All South African wines, ranging from a 34-year-old dessert to one from a barrel first filled in 1800 \u2013 some buyers in the room, some bidding online and others phoning through. Never before had anybody paid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3627,3299,2039],"tags":[3628,1586,3286,2014,1577,1090,1433,3194,3733,1076,849,1044,894,3191,1091,3732],"class_list":["post-39539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3627","category-auctions","category-events","tag-3628","tag-auction","tag-barrydale","tag-chateau-libertas","tag-constantia","tag-durbanville","tag-grand-constance","tag-gs-cabernet","tag-jaubert","tag-muscat","tag-sa","tag-south-africa","tag-stellenbosch","tag-strauss","tag-top-wine","tag-world-record"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t