Saltram Vintage Old Tawny 500ml 1959
$19999each
$2399DOZEN
WinerySaltram
Fruit
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
Each $199.99
$2399.00
Currently out of stock
In 1859 William Salter and his son Edward founded the firm W. Salter & Son, which has since evolved into the baronial Saltram label. To celebrate 150 years of winemaking, an extremely limited amount of very rare old tawny from the 1959 vintage has been released. Only 1859 bottles were made to coincide with Saltram's founding year. This eternal wine is drawn from a single growing season, but unlike most vintage fortifieds which have been aged in bottle, Saltram Vintage Rare Tawny has been kept in oak barrels for fifty years to achieve its peerless style.
William & Edward Salter embarked on their operations by planting ten acres of Shiraz. A shed was erected for making wine and a cellar was carved out of a nearby hill. Their first vintage in 1862 produced 8000 litres which they appropriately labelled No.1 Shiraz. To celebrate their centenary in 1959, Saltram set aside their most remarkable parcels of fruit to make a fortified for future milestones. Fruit was harvested after a cool dry growing season with below average rainfall which yielded robust red grapes, perfect to fortify with brandy spirit for the genesis of a wine with rich fruit flavour and complexity which has seamlessly integrated with extended time in barrel after an extended maturation of fifty years. Alcohol 20%2.
TASTING NOTES
Rich dark brown with a yellow green edge. The nose is extremely complex and integrated, with a freshness that shows raisin fruits, chocolate, toffee caramel, nutty rancio, spice and hints of vanillin oak with a balanced well integrated subtle spirit. The palate of this extremely rare tawny Australian style has incredible depth and intensity of flavour that defies its age. An array of complex fruit aromas follow through to the palate. The structure and balance is well supported by extraordinary length, power and complexity that lingers in the mouth. Savour the depth of flavour, complexity and extraordinary length, Saltram 1959 leaves you wanting more. At it's peak, will continue to hold in bottle for many years to come.
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About Saltram Wines
In 1844 a recently arrived immigrant from England named William Salter was one of the first people to purchase land in the newly opened land survey known as the Barossa Valley
He built a stone house for his family naming it Mamre Brook, after Abrahams spiritual home in the book of Genesis. Mamre Brook House still stands today as the spiritual home of Saltram. William Salter and Sons first planted grapes here in 1859, and in 1862 produced 8000 litres of a wine appropriately named No.1 Shiraz. In the history of Saltram there have only been eight senior winemakers, two families dominate the list, Salter and Dolan. Three generations of Salters made wine until 1937, and the Dolan's have played a part at Saltram from the 1950s through until today. Saltram»