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- Classic - 06-10-2005
I am looking for some suggestions on wines I can purchase now in the $20 to $50 range that I can age in my 55 degree wine cabinet for anywhere from 5 to 30 years. My goal is to stock my "cellar" with wines that will improve with different amounts of age, so that I have a selection in two years to open, and another in five years etc... etc...
It would be a lot of fun to pick wines that might be "inexpensive" now but have some value to them later. I would like this not from an investment stand point (I like to drink wine), but if I had purchased a bottle for let say $50 and in 10 years it was worth hypotheically $200, when I drank it I would be drinking a $200 bottle of wine that I paid $50 for....if you see what I am saying. I am looking for any and all suggestions, so the more the merrier !! Pinot Noir is my personal favorite, but I have a wide palate and these wines will also be enjoyed by my wife, friends etc... so I am open to all types of wine suggestions. I only ask that they age well and for the possibility of improvment in taste and value, with the express understanding that these are all opinions and nothing is guarenteed. See it as a what would you buy scenerio....
THANKS !!
- winoweenie - 06-10-2005
Hi Classic. What you're asking for is extremely subjective and to ptoject which wine that hasn't been produced will age in the future is a pretty daunting task. If you go back on the various threads as far as possible, you'll find what wines have performed in the past. IMHO there are no Pinots that will go past the magic 10 year mark. I've posted on many Cabernets and Bordeauxs with the 10-20 year set of whiskers on them. The best reccomendation I can give is the track record of the best producers over the last 20-30 years and how their products have survived. LOL. WW