R20K paid for bottle of Vin de Constance – small bottle, vintage 1987
WHAT TO MAKE of Strauss & Co’s July 2020 online auction of fine South African wines?! For the auction catalogue, click here. Full results of the sale here.
There were just three producers involved: ‘first growth’ Kanonkop on the slopes of the Simonsberg in Stellenbosch where they make a range of top reds from a range of varieties, Klein Constantia with their iconic Vin de Constance Natural Sweet dessert wine from Muscat de Frontignan in its distinctive bottle, and Boekenhoutskloof of Franschhoek, whose main claim to fame is Shiraz, or Syrah, nowadays made using grapes sourced from the Swartland though previously WO Wellington.
By the close of bidding, 19 wines had fetched over R5000 a bottle/750ml, with a couple of Kanonkop blends, over 35 years old, and Klein Constantia sweets, matured for nearly as long, attracting most interest on the day:
TOP PRICES FETCHED
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1987
R20 000* paid for 1×500ml – R30 000/750ml
* R23 450 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1988
R11 000* paid for 1×500ml – R16 500/750ml
* R12 898 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1990
R6500* paid for 1×500ml – R9750/750ml
* R7622 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1991
R6000* paid for 1×500ml – R9000/750ml
* R7035 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1992
R5500* paid for 1×500ml – R8250/750ml
* R6449 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1994
R4000* paid for 1×500ml – R6000/750ml
* R4690 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1995
R3800* paid for 1×500ml – R5700/750ml
* R4456 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1997
R5000* paid for 1×500ml – R7500/750ml
* R5863 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1999
R3800* paid for 1×500ml – R5700/750ml
* R4456 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2000
R3500* paid for 1×500ml – R5250/750ml
* R4104 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 2001
R3500* paid for 1×500ml – R5250/750ml
* R4104 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Kanonkop CWG Paul Sauer 1983
R7500* paid for 1×750ml
* R8794 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Kanonkop CWG Paul Sauer 1984
R7500* paid for 1×750ml
* R8794 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Kanonkop Paul Sauer 1985
R6500* paid for 1×750ml
* R7622 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Kanonkop Paul Sauer 1991
R15 000* paid for 3×750ml – R5000pb
* R17 588 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2015
R25 000* paid for 2×1.5L – R6250/750ml
* R28 450 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2015
Up to R35 000* paid for 6×750ml – up to R5833pb
* Up to R39 830 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Kanonkop Black Label Pinotage 2006
R30 000* paid for 6×750ml – R5000pb
* R34 140 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Boekenhoutskloof Syrah 1997
R19 000* paid for 3×750ml – R6333pb
* R22 278 incl buyer’s premium & VAT
Post about a new SA wine record set by Kanonkop at a Strauss & Co virtual auction, where 19 large-format bottles of Bordeaux-style Paul Sauer spanning three decades sold for well over R500K, double the pre-sale estimate: click here.