NOT A RECORD price for the 1986 Vin de Constance, but pretty darn close! The R56K+ (US$3098) fetched for a bottle during the August '24 Cape Heritage Auction conducted by Strauss & Co was marginally below the highest price ever fetched for a 500ml bottle of the sweet Muscat from the Cape winelands' Klein Constantia estate – R58 625 having been paid for a bottle of the same auctioned earlier in the year. Top price paid for a bottle of red was R32 830 for the mysterious GS Cab 1966 (exact origin of the grapes unconfirmed), and the most in-demand white wine on sale this time round was the 2012 Alheit Radio Lazarus Chenin that fetched R4104pb (Stellenbosch grapes, Hemel-en-Aarde cellar).
For info about the South African wines on sale that fetched over R4000 a bottle, see below – prices include buyer's premium and VAT. For all of the record prices paid for wines of South Africa, click here, and for the full results of this auction, click here.
IN HIGH DEMAND
Klein Constantia Vin de Constance 1986
Natural Sweet Muscat de Frontignan, WO Constantia
R56 280 paid for 1×500ml: R84 420/750ml
GS Cabernet 1966
Cabernet Sauvignon, WO Western Cape
R32 830 paid for 1×750ml
GS Cabernet 1968
Cabernet Sauvignon, WO Western Cape
R25 795 paid for 1×750ml
Nederburg Auction Cabernet 1974
Cabernet Sauvignon, WO Paarl
R11 139 paid for 1×750ml
Lanzerac Pinotage 1964
WO Western Cape
R9380 paid for 2×375ml: R4690pb / R9380/750ml
Nederburg Selected Cabernet 1964
Cabernet Sauvignon, WO Paarl
R17 588 paid for 2×750ml: R8794pb
Chateau Libertas 1970
Cab-led Red Blend, WO Stellenbosch
R11 725 paid for 2×750ml: R5863pb
KWV Roodeberg 1974
Blend of Shiraz, Pinotage and Cabernet Sauvignon
WO Paarl
R9967 paid for 2×750ml: R4984pb
Alheit Radio Lazarus 2012
Chenin Blanc, WO Bottelary-Stellenbosch
R24 623 paid for 6×750ml: R4104pb
