Boplaas Auction Reserve Port 2002
65% Touriga Nacional, 25% Tinta Barocca And 10% Souzao. Rated as the best port in South Africa by wine magazine 2004. Maximum extraction from full ripe fruit picked at 26 degrees B; fortified with brandy spirits. Aged in 500 litre Portuguese oak barrels for 18 months. Tasting note: Dark black colour, intense berry, dried fruit and Christmas cake flavours. Alcohol well integrated, tannins firm but ripe, lingering aftertaste. Made in the drier Portuguese vintage port style.
Winemaker: Carel Nel
Price raised per case
- 6 x 750ml or equivalent
- Highest: R 1 550.00
- Lowest: R 1 300.00
- Average: R 1 433.00
Packaging
- Bottle Size 750ml
- Case Size: 6 x 750ml
- Cases Produced: 52
- Cases Auctioned 30
Analysis
- Alc: 19.00 vol%
- RS: 95.00 g/l
- TA: 5.60 g/l
- pH: 3.65
