With solely 30 editions to be produced, the primary two individually numbered Bicentenary Assortment Cupboards have been auctioned to lift cash for charity.
Johnny Symington, chairman of Symington Household Estates, mentioned: “2020 was a milestone in Graham’s historical past and we’re extraordinarily happy to have been in a position to assist three totally different charities with the cash raised in auctioning two of thirty individually numbered, Bicentenary Assortment Cupboards, supporting native communities within the UK, Portugal and the US. As a household enterprise we’re dedicated to supporting the native communities wherein we work, and it’s enormously gratifying to have the ability to make these donations.”
Cupboard Quantity 2 was auctioned on the Naples Winter Wine Pageant in Florida, US, alongside a six evening exploration of ports in Porto and the Douro Valley, hosted by the Symington household, and a vacation to Madeira, for $575,000. All proceeds will go to the Naples Youngsters & Training Basis (NCEF).
The Bicentenary Assortment contains six Single Harvest Tawny Ports and 6 basic Classic Ports, together with wines from 1963, 1994 and 2011.
All of the Classic Ports have been aged in Graham’s cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia and the Single Harvest Tawny Ports have been chosen and bottled particularly for the Bicentenary Assortment, together with two from 2000 and 2006 which have by no means been launched earlier than.
The 1982 Single Harvest Tawny was first bottled to mark the delivery of HRH Prince George of Cambridge. The 2000 Single Harvest Tawny was the primary port made with the Symington household’s trendy treading lagares.
Every wine has been chosen by members of the third, 4th and fifth era of the Symington household. The gathering is offered in a cupboard constituted of uncommon santos rosewood by Portuguese master-joiners WeWood.
The gathering is accomplished by a hand-blown decanter and set of wine glasses produced by Jancis Robinson MW in partnership with British product designer Richard Brendon, an skilled two-part Durand corkscrew designed for eradicating corks from mature and worthwhile high quality wines, together with a specifically commissioned decanting funnel from Porto-based silversmiths Ourivesaria Coutinho.
