KWV 1968 BOBERG SUPERIOR MUSCADEL LIQUEUR WINE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET!

THIS 750ML SUPERIOR 1968 KWV MUSCADEL LIQUEUR WINE IS AN AWARD WINNING WINE MADE FROM MUSCADEL (MUSCAT DE FRONTIGNAN) ONE OF THE OLDEST GRAPE VARIETIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE 1968 MUSCADEL HAS ITS ORIGENS IN BOBERG. A MUST HAVE FOR THE COLLECTOR!
 
Liqueur Wine (A vin de liqueur) is a sweet fortified wine that is fortified with brandy to unfermented grape must. It has rich and ripe raisin, honey and spicy aromas and flavours. Serve over crushed ice before a meal as an aperitif, or lightly chilled after a meal as a dessert wine or with coffee and chocolates.
 
KWV HAS BEEN A TRADITIONAL MAINSTAY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN WINE SCENE FOR DECADES. FOUNDED IN 1918 THE SAME YEAR NELSON MANDELA WAS BORN, KWV HAS SEEN HOW THE SA WINE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
 
NOTE I HAVE FIVE 1961 MONIS COLLECTORS PORT BOTTLES FROM 1987 THAT COMMEMORATE THE 300 YEAR PAARL ANNIVERSARY ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. ALSO SOME OTHER HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER VINTAGE PORTS LIKE A 1948 KWV PORT LIMITED RELEASE MULTIPLE AWARD WINNING FORTIFIED WINE, AN AMAZING 96 YEAR OLD 1929 KWV PORT, A SEDGWICK OLF BROWN SHERRY 750ML CERAMIC BOTTLE STILL FULL AND SEALED, A CLOS MALVERNE 2002 RESERVE 1,5L BOTTLE IS WOODEN CRATE AND TWO KWV MUCADELL LIQUER WINE BOTTLES ONE FROM 1968 AND ONE FROM 1975.
 
SIZE: 30CM HIGH 8CM DIAMETER
VOLUME 750ML
 
CONDITION: SEAL IS STILL GOOD AND LABELS AND BOTTLE IN GOOD CONDITION.
ALTHOUGH FORTIFIED WINES (A WINE TO WHICH A DISTILLED SPIRIT, USUALLY BRANDY, HAS BEEN ADDED) LIKE PORT ALMOST NEVER SPOIL WITH AGE, I CAN UNFORTUNATELY NOT GUARANTEE HOW DRINKABLE THIS WINE WILL BE. BUT MOST FORTIFIED WINES AGE VERY WELL IN THE BOTTLE AND DO NOT "GO OFF" AFTER A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS. THEY JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER!
 
KWV (KOOPERATIEWE WIJNBOUWERS VERENIGING) (1918-1966):
KWV was founded as a winemaking co-operative on 8 January 1918 by wine makers from the Western Cape in South Africa. The name Koöperatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Suid-Afrika is Dutch for "Co-operative Winemakers Union' of South Africa".
KWV was established in order to secure bona fide wine farmers a continuously adequate return for their produce. It would buy from the farmers, sell to the merchants (with whom it would not compete on the local market) and then dispose of all production that was surplus to local demand.
In 1997 KWV converted from a co-operative to a company structure.  In October 2016 KWV was acquired by the Vasari group based in London. The KWV Headquarters and main production complex are situated in the Cape Winelands in Paarl.
 
FORTIFIED WINES:
Fortification is the process of adding a grape spirit like brandy to wine during or after fermentation.The word fortify means to strengthen, reinforce, and protect. In wine terms, that means increasing the alcohol content, halting fermentation in some instances, and extending shelf life.
Back in the day before refrigeration and air-tight wine bottling was available, winemakers had to figure out a way to preserve their wine and prevent spoilage. As it turned out, adding distilled spirits to the wine did the trick.
 
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