SEPPELT COMMEMORATIVE PORT WINE - FLORA EUGENIE SEPPELT 100TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, CIRCA 1974

OVERVIEW:
A RARE AUSTRALIAN COMMEMORATIVE PORT WINE PRODUCED BY B. SEPPELT & SONS LIMITED OF ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, SPECIALLY SELECTED BY THE DIRECTORS TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF FLORA EUGENIE SEPPELT AT SEPPELTSFIELD ON 8-10-1874. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF AUSTRALIAN WINE HISTORY AND SEPPELT HERITAGE, REPRESENTING THE WINERY'S COMMITMENT TO HONOURING ITS FOUNDING FAMILY.

SPECIFICATIONS:
PRODUCER: B. SEPPELT & SONS LIMITED, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- TYPE: COMMEMORATIVE PORT WINE BLEND
- VINTAGE: BLENDED FROM OLD PORTS, VINTAGES 1891 TO 1974
- VOLUME: 750 ML
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- CLOSURE: ORIGINAL CORK WITH FOIL CAPSULE
- LABEL: GOLD-ENGRAVED COMMEMORATIVE LABEL FEATURING PORTRAIT OF FLORA EUGENIE SEPPELT IN PERIOD DRESS WITH DECORATIVE BONNET
- DESIGNATION: PARA LIQUEUR CLASSIFICATION (NOTED ON NECK SEAL)
- PRODUCTION DATE: CIRCA 1974 (100 YEARS AFTER FLORA EUGENIE SEPPELT'S BIRTH IN 1874)

HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
THIS COMMEMORATIVE PORT REPRESENTS A BLEND OF OLD PORTS MATURED IN SMALL OAK CASKS WITHIN THE SEPPELTSFIELD WINERY, SELECTED TO SHOWCASE THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF AGED PORT WINES PRODUCED AT THIS HISTORIC SOUTH AUSTRALIAN VINEYARD. THE BLEND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DISTINCTIVE HOUSE STYLE DEVELOPED OVER GENERATIONS OF WINEMAKING AT SEPPELTSFIELD. THE BOTTLE WAS PRODUCED IN LIMITED QUANTITIES AS A COMMEMORATIVE RELEASE, MAKING IT A COLLECTIBLE PIECE OF AUSTRALIAN WINE HISTORY AND SEPPELT MEMORABILIA.

CONDITION:
THE BOTTLE REMAINS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH ORIGINAL CORK AND FOIL CAPSULE INTACT. THE COMMEMORATIVE LABEL SHOWS AGE-APPROPRIATE WEAR CONSISTENT WITH STORAGE OVER APPROXIMATELY 50 YEARS, INCLUDING MINOR CREASING AND LIGHT FOXING TO THE EDGES. THE GOLD ENGRAVING REMAINS LEGIBLE AND THE PORTRAIT OF FLORA EUGENIE SEPPELT IS CLEARLY VISIBLE. THE GLASS IS FREE FROM CHIPS OR CRACKS. LIQUID LEVEL APPEARS CONSISTENT WITH PROPER STORAGE. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A MID-20TH CENTURY AUSTRALIAN COMMEMORATIVE WINE BOTTLE WITH STRONG PROVENANCE TO THE SEPPELT FAMILY AND WINERY HERITAGE.

PROVENANCE:
AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION. THIS COMMEMORATIVE RELEASE REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN SEPPELT'S HISTORY AND REMAINS A SOUGHT-AFTER ITEM AMONG COLLECTORS OF AUSTRALIAN WINE MEMORABILIA AND SEPPELTSFIELD HERITAGE PIECES.

Item Size: Height: 30cm, Width: 10cm, Depth: 10cm, Weight: 2Kg

Condition: Good

657344+10

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