IronGate Fine Wine Auction
Tue, Mar 18, 2025 10:00AM EDT - Tue, Mar 25, 2025 08:00PM EDT
Timed Auction
- 1983
- 750ml
- Portugal
- Port
- Port Blend Red
- Red Fortified
Lot 863
1983 W J Graham's Vintage Port - 4 bottle(s)-750ml
Estimate: CAD$560 - CAD$800
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| CAD$0 | CAD$20 |
| CAD$500 | CAD$50 |
| CAD$1,000 | CAD$100 |
| CAD$2,000 | CAD$200 |
| CAD$3,000 | CAD$250 |
| CAD$5,000 | CAD$500 |
| CAD$10,000 | CAD$1,000 |
| CAD$20,000 | CAD$2,000 |
| CAD$50,000 | CAD$5,000 |
| CAD$100,000 | CAD$10,000 |
This lot is comprised of 4 bottle(s) of 1983 W J Graham's Vintage Port - 750ml. Estimate for this lot is between $560 - $800 with a reserve of $400. The wine in this lot belongs to collection 11577.
Please note the following bottle conditions in this lot - Stained Label
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An Alberta-based collector who stores his wine in a humidity-controlled cellar with a temperature ranging from 13C to 15C. He sourced the bottles through various outlets in Alberta, the US and the UK.
The rating for 1983 W J Graham's Vintage Port is 92 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Graham is another great port house, producing one of the deepest-colored and sweetest styles of vintage port. Along with Taylor and Fonseca, Graham has probably been the most consistent producer of great port in the post- World War II era. Their tawnys are quite good rather than exceptional, but their vintage ports are truly sublime and sumptuous. The 1983, like most vintage ports, seems more forward than normal but has a great depth of very ripe, viscous, unctuous, plummy, tarry fruit and significant tannin in its long finish. It is black-purple in color. I doubt that it will be either as profound or as long-lived as the great 1977, but is is certainly one of the top two or three ports of this vintage, and better than the excellent 1980.
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