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Harveys Bristol Cream, bottled in 1958 (1)
Harveys Bristol Cream, circa 1962 (2)
Harveys Bristol Milk, old bottled (3)
Harveys Amontillado (1)
A Special blend of Harveys Bristol Sherries
Bottled to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the foundation of the City of Bristol (1373-1973) (1)
Duff Gordon Special Blended Sherry
Bicentenary solera (1)
Harveys of Bristol, whilst still family owned, had a long tradition of keeping back some of the best pipes of Bristol Cream and Bristol Milk, as they were known, for further maturation in bottle. The are excellent, with a rich tanginess and length of flavour quite different - if we may be permitted to say so - from the modern commercial blends. As a matter of interest the earliest existing record of Bristol Cream occurs in a Christie's wine sale catalogue of July 1880. Catalogued as "Choicest old Pale Sherry, "Cream", bottled in 1862, over 22 dozen bottles from a private cellar in South Wales sold for an average of 260 shillings per dozen the second highest price in a vast cellar sale which included Montrachet and almost twice the price of the renowned Lafite 1864.(MB)
Above 9 bottles per lot
Harveys Bristol Cream, circa 1962 (2)
Harveys Bristol Milk, old bottled (3)
Harveys Amontillado (1)
A Special blend of Harveys Bristol Sherries
Bottled to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the foundation of the City of Bristol (1373-1973) (1)
Duff Gordon Special Blended Sherry
Bicentenary solera (1)
Harveys of Bristol, whilst still family owned, had a long tradition of keeping back some of the best pipes of Bristol Cream and Bristol Milk, as they were known, for further maturation in bottle. The are excellent, with a rich tanginess and length of flavour quite different - if we may be permitted to say so - from the modern commercial blends. As a matter of interest the earliest existing record of Bristol Cream occurs in a Christie's wine sale catalogue of July 1880. Catalogued as "Choicest old Pale Sherry, "Cream", bottled in 1862, over 22 dozen bottles from a private cellar in South Wales sold for an average of 260 shillings per dozen the second highest price in a vast cellar sale which included Montrachet and almost twice the price of the renowned Lafite 1864.(MB)
Above 9 bottles per lot