1961 Cavendish Vintage Vin de Liqueur Red South Africa Fortified Wine

1961 Cavendish Vin de Liqueur Red

Levels Very Top Shoulder

This Cavendish Vintage Vin de Liqueur from South Africa, comes from one single year and one single harvest. The port style is smooth and developed and it should display sweet raisin and spice with ripe black fruits, fig, prune, damson and cinnamon notes. It is a powerful, defiant, full-bodied and harmonious wine. 

Appearance - Expect a deep mahogany‑tawny colour with amber edges — consistent with a wine aged 30+ years in oak.

Aroma - Dried fruits: raisin, fig, prune. Toffee and caramel from oxidative ageing. Walnut and old oak. Subtle spice (cinnamon, clove)A gentle rancio note (varnish, dried orange peel)

Palate - Rich, sweet, and mellow, in the classic Cape “port‑style” mould. Layers of dried fruit, molasses, caramel, and nutty oxidative depthSoft, integrated alcohol from long cask ageing. A silky, rounded mid‑palate with hints of coffee, brown sugar, and spiced fruitcakeFinish - Long, warming, and nutty, with lingering caramel, dried fruit, and gentle spice. A touch of bitterness from old oak, typical of long‑aged fortified wines

A single‑vintage Cape fortified wine from an “outstanding vintage”. Aged over 30 years in oak before bottling. Port‑style, but with the uniquely South African oxidative depth that comes from long maturation in warm‑climate cellars