Collector's items
Best Of Wines frequently offers so called "Collector's items". These items vary from special releases by selected wine producers to verticals of the greatest wines or horizontals of a certain vintage.
Taylor Scion
In 2008 Taylor’s wine maker, David Guimaraens, became aware of the existence of a very old and rare cask aged port, dating from the period before Phylloxera arrived in the Douro Valley and destroyed most of its vineyards. The wine, over 150 years in age, belonged to a distinguished Douro family and was stored in a wine lodge in the village of Prezegueda in the Corgo Valley. A treasured heirloom, the wine had been passed down from one generation to the next and attempts to persuade the family to part with it had been unsuccessful.
In 2009, the sole surviving descendant of the family died leaving no children. Her heirs, not all of whom were family members, decided to sell the two casks of this unique and historically important wine. Taylor’s acquired samples and, amazingly in view of its age, found that it was not only in faultless condition but of superb quality. The purchase was successfully negotiated and the two casks were moved to the firm’s lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia on 13th January, 2010.
Under normal circumstances a very old wood age port like this would have been incorporated into the firm’s aged tawny reserves, in this case into the 40 year old tawny blend. However, in view of its quality, rarity and historical interest, Taylor’s CEO, Adrian Bridge, decided that it should not be blended but should be made available as a unique collector’s item.
In the autumn of 2010, the wine was launched as a very limited edition, under the name of Scion. Scion is one of the oldest and rarest aged tawny ports ever sold and one of very few pre-Phylloxera wines from any vineyard region to reach us in perfect condition.
Parker score 100 points and Rene Gabriel 20 out of 20.
Price 2399,- Euro ex BTW.
Courvoisier Erte No 1 to 7
No further information required. The very special and very rare selection of Courvoisier Erte No 1 to 7, in original packages and of course with the dedicated gloves !
Price 7.900 euro ex VAT.
Special Edition Suduiraut
Suduiraut recently released an assortiment of boxes with selected vintages. Each box contains 3 bottles.
These special boxes have 4 themes:
- The terroir - contains 1999, 2002 and 2006. Typical Suduiraut years.
- The 8 Vintages - contains 1978, 1988 en 1998.
- The 9 Vintages - contains 1979, 1989 en 1999.
- The Great Vintages of Suduiraut - the best vintages of Suduiraut; 2001, 2003 en 2005.
A beautiful selection for the collector. Or for those who want to experience the development of Suduiraut through the years. And of course as a very distinguised gift !
For prices and detail information see our assortment.
Mouton Rothschild 1980 -2008
A beautiful vertical of Mouton Rothschild from 1980 to the last released 2008.
The labels are in very good to perfect condition. The 1980 label is a little water damped and 1984 has a minor damage.
Levels are base of neck or better, 1980 and 1981 are topshoulder.
Price 12.495 euro ex VAT.
Domaine Ponsot Assortment 2008
Domaine Ponsot is one of the most famous wineproducers in Burgundy. Ponsot produces a range of high quality wines in very limited quantities, comparable with Domaine de la Romanee Conti. Ponsot also offers like Domaine de la Romanee Conti an assortment case of their best wines.
The assortmentcase 2008 contains the following wines (with Parker points):
- 2 Griotte Chambertin - 93-94
- 2 Chapelle Chambertin - 95 +
- 2 Clos de Vougeot tres vieilles vignes - 93-94
- 2 Clos de la Roche vieilles vignes - 96
- 2 Charmes Charmes Chambertin Cuvee des Merles - 92-93
- 1 Chambertin - 94-95
- 1 Clos Saint Denis tres vieilles vignes Grand Cru - 93-94
The case has a beautiful look-through lid. Best Of Wines has 2 assortmentcases available.
Price 2.795,- Euro ex VAT.