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“…. Each 750 ml bottle of The Visionary is
individually hand labeled, hand numbered and hand packaged in a bespoke design
luxury gift box. In additional the
Taylor family also bottled a very limited number of six-litre imperials of the
2009 vintage of which just ten will be released for sale. Befitting the
pinnacle nature of this release the family commissioned Adelaide furniture
designer and maker Andrew Bartlett to create a bespoke cabinet for each
imperial. Each cabinet has been crafted out of a single piece of hand selected
Tasmanian blackwood. The fixtures and fittings, including the individual
Spanish crafted locking mechanism, have been finished in rhodium to ensure that
they, like the cabinet and the wine housed within, will safely see in the
second half of this century.
“My task
was to create an experience that was both intriguing and subtle from start to
finish. The design, construction and presentation of the cabinet enhances the
recipients encounter with the wine without overpowering it,”
Andrew said.
When
the wine and cabinet are purchased (RRP AU$5,000) the buyer will be presented
with an individual Tasmanian blackwood presentation box whose design echoes the
full size cabinet. Inside the presentation box will be an individual rhodium
plated key to unlock the cabinet, a letter of authenticity personally signed by
Mitchell Taylor and a series of limited edition photographic prints featuring a
selection of specially commissioned images of The Visionary and its cabinet
shot by world-renowned photographer Keith Saunders.
This
rare occasion, where the packaging is as complex and layered as the wine
itself, is one of the elements that make this a genuinely special wine to own. “There is not another table wine packaged to this
level of sophistication and luxury anywhere in the world,” Mitchell said.
Andrew produced a
total of twenty sets of boxes for the two vintages.
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