RARE NINETEENTH CENTURY VINTAGE PORT FROM A PRIVATE CELLAR
Lying at Christie's
Count Burnay Port--Vintage 1887
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Count Burnay Port--Vintage 1887
Chipped wax capsule, embossed "PORT". Bin-soiled and fragile label. Very good level: base of neck
1887 was an excellent vintage shipped to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Burnay's were noted shippers who, shortly afterwards, ran into difficulties, auctioning off 7,000 pipes of "Genuine Douro port wines" in October 1894 and a further 2,600 pipes of port in 1897 - probably the biggest sales ever of their kind
1 bottle per lot
Chipped wax capsule, embossed "PORT". Bin-soiled and fragile label. Very good level: base of neck
1887 was an excellent vintage shipped to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee. Burnay's were noted shippers who, shortly afterwards, ran into difficulties, auctioning off 7,000 pipes of "Genuine Douro port wines" in October 1894 and a further 2,600 pipes of port in 1897 - probably the biggest sales ever of their kind
1 bottle per lot
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