Rare wartime wine from the silver mine up for auction
A one-of-a-kind vintage goes under the hammer at one of the country's leading fine wine auction houses.
ADELAIDE, Australia, June 26, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- On Monday, June 28, Wickman's Fine Wine Auctions will take to market what may be the only surviving bottle of 1944 Woodley's St. Adele Claret.
The 1944 St. Adele Claret is a product of famed South Australian winemaker Bill Redman, and a successor to the family's earlier award-winning vintage of the same name.
Auctioneer, Mark Wickman, said the bottle was in great condition considering its age and would be an extraordinary addition to any private wine collection.
"The St. Adele Claret has an incredible story with its humble Coonawarra roots, its 1936 Brewers' Exhibition 'Best Claret' win in London for its 1933 vintage, and surviving much of the region's vineyard repurposing during wartime," Mr. Wickman said.
"There is so much history in this one bottle that it's hard to determine a value, but I am very pleased to be involved in the sale of a rare wine such as this."
"The current colour of the wine would suggest it is unlikely to deliver on taste, however very few 1944 vintages ever make it to auction so the bottle's antiquity is where its value lies."
This World War II era vintage is seventy-six years of Australian wine history, full of Coonawarra character and matured in the old Glen Osmond Silver Mine in South Australia.
The Silver Mine cellar played host to only the best of Woodley's wines including its St. Adele Claret, the famed Treasure Chest Series, and later its Queen Adelaide range.
For more information or to register as a bidder in upcoming auctions, visit the Wickman's Fine Wine Auction website at http://www.wickman.net.au.
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