AFTER a bidding period lasting just over a week, the highest prices fetched for South African beauties at the inaugural Fine Wine Online Auction conducted by Strauss & Co in collaboration with merchant Wine Cellar and sommelier Higgo Jacobs were for the following: from Paarl cellars, KWV Tawny Port 1939, Veenwouden Classic 1993 and 1997 (red blend); from Somerset West, Vergelegen Estate 2000 (red blend); from Stellenbosch cellars, De Toren Fusion V 2003 (red blend), Hartenberg Gravel Hill Shiraz 2008, Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 1995 and 2002, Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2015 (red blend), Le Riche Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2007, Meerlust Rubicon 1998 and 2000 (red blend), Raats Family Cabernet Franc 2005, Vilafonté Series C 2005 (red blend), Vilafonté Series M 2011 (red blend) and Warwick Trilogy 2009 (red blend); and from Swartland cellars, Mullineux Olerasay #1 Chenin Blanc NV (straw wine) and Sadie Columella 2010 and 2014 (red blend).

For all of the top prices fetched for the South African wines on sale, see below (750ml bottles unless stated otherwise). For the full results of the auction which also featured various masterpieces from elsewhere in the world, click here, and for more info about the fine, rare wine auctions convened by Strauss, Wine Cellar and Jacobs, click here. At the time of writing, the organisers were not yet in a position to supply an overview or comment about their latest sale, following their initital, more conventional auctions held in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

 

FETCHING TOP PRICES

Alheit Cartology 2013 (White Blend)
6 bottles sold for R3401 – R567pb

Beaumont Hope Marguerite 2010 – 2015 (Chenin)
6 bottles sold for R4104 – R684pb

Constantia Glen Five 2008 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R4221 – R703pb

Crystallum Cuvée Cinema Pinot Noir 2010
6 bottles sold for R5628 – R938pb

David & Nadia Höe Steen 2015, 2016, 2017 (Chenin)
6 bottles sold for R4925 – R820pb

De Toren Fusion V 2003 (Red Blend)
5 bottles sold for R8208 – R1641pb

Hamilton Russell Pinot Noir 2012
6 bottles sold for R5277 – R879pb

Hamilton Russell Chardonnay 2014
6 bottles sold for R4690 – R781pb

Hartenberg Gravel Hill Shiraz 2008
6 bottles sold for R7035 – R1172pb

Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 1995
6 bottles sold for R10 553 – R1758pb

Kanonkop Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
6 bottles sold for R6449 – R1074pb

Kanonkop Paul Sauer 2015 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R10 553 – R1758pb

KWV Tawny Port 1939
1 bottle sold for R5277

Le Riche Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
6 bottles sold for R6332 – R1055pb

Luddite Shiraz 2007
12 bottles sold for R9967 – R830pb

Meerlust Rubicon 1988 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R12 312 – R2052pb

Meerlust Rubicon 2000 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R7035 – R1172pb

Meerlust Rubicon 2007 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R5628 – R938pb

Mullineux Olerasay #1 Chenin Blanc NV (Straw Wine)
3 bottles (375ml) sold for R4925 – R3283/750ml

Raats Family Cabernet Franc 2005
6 bottles sold for R7035 – R1172pb

Rall White 2014
6 bottles sold for R3635 – R605pb

Rust en Vrede Estate 1992 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R4925 – R820pb

Sadie Columella 2010 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R15 243 – R2540pb

Sadie Columella 2014 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R8208 – R1368pb

Sadie Pofadder 2014 (Cinsaut)
3 bottles sold for R2199 – R733pb

Sadie Skerpioen 2012 (White Blend)
3 bottles sold for R2228 – R742pb

Sadie Soldaat 2014 (Grenache Noir)
3 bottles sold for R2814 – R938pb

Savage White 2012
6 bottles sold for R3108 – R518pb

Stark-Condé Three Pines Syrah 2009
6 bottles sold for R3752 – R625pb

Tokara Director’s Reserve Red 2009
6 bottles sold for R5628 – R938pb

Veenwouden Classic 1993 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R8208 – R1368pb

Veenwouden Classic 1997 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R14 070 – R2345pb

Vergelegen Estate 2000 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R6332 – R1055pb

Vilafonté Series C 2005 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R14 070 – R2345pb

Vilafonté Series M 2011 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R8208 – R1368pb

Warwick Trilogy 2009 (Red Blend)
6 bottles sold for R8442 – R1407pb