I have decided until the end of 2024, I am going to help people build up a wine cellar by providing a cellar selection each month. Each bottle I will choose will be over $100 and will have aging potential I have done this for many friends and clients and with the multitude of misinformation (even to do with wines!), I am going to give you my views on wine. I think if you follow my recommendations for the next 2.5-3 years, you will build a pretty nice cellar of wines. Many of my friends and clients have thanked me for wines I recommended in the past that I don’t even remember or I have drunk all of my bottles!
Caveat: this is for people who are interested in building up a long term cellar of wines that they can drink for many years. These selections may need some aging so you will need patience and although some of them will drink nicely right away, many will need the 2.5- 3 years of ageing or longer. But if you follow my recommendations, you will build a very well balanced, nice drinking cellar for not that much money.
My Value Wine Cellar Pick for June 2024 is the Bodegas Beronia 2018 Reserva. This is a modern style Spanish Rioja made with 95% Tempranillo grapes with a bit of Mazuelo and Graziano grapes added to the blend. It is aged 18 months in a mixture of French and American oak barrels and then aged a further 18 months in bottle before release. You will get black fruit and spices on the nose with black plums, pepper and chocolate/hazelnut finish on the palate. it has a 90 pts Wine Spectator rating and you can drink until 2026. It is reduced this month at B.C. Liquor stores from $25.99 to $22.99. I would recommend picking up 4 bottles for your cellar.
Value Wine Cellar Picks to Date
M. Chapoutier 2020 Crozes Hermitage Les Meysonniers (93 pts Wine Spec): 6 x $26 – Rhone, France
Ornellaia 2020 Le Volte (90 pts Wine Spec): 4 x $31- Tuscany, Italy
St. Francis 2019 Old Vines (90 pts Wine Spec): 3 x $34 – California, US
Mollydooker 2020 The Boxer Shiraz (92 pts Wine Spec): 2 x $36 – Australia
Mazzei 2019 Chianti Classico Riserva Ser Lap (93 pts Wine Spec): 4 x $29 – Chianti, Italy
Clos de los Siete 2019 (90 pts Wine Spec): 4 X $30 – Mendoza, Argentina
Vincent Careme 2021 Vouvray (90pts Wine Spec): 2 x $43 – Loire, France
Dominio de Tares 2020 Bierzo Baltos (91 pts Wine Spec); 4 x $29 – Bierzo, Spain
Sanford Winery 2021 Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills (92 pts Wine Spec) 2 x $46 – California, US
Cambria Estate Winery 2021 Chardonnay Katherine’s Vineyard (90 pts Wine Spec) 4 x 36 – California, US
Bodegas Beronia 2018 Rioja Reserva (90 pts Wine Spectator) 4 x 23 – Rioja, Spain
Total spent to date: $1220 (before tax)
my value wine seller pick for June 2024 is the Biga spona 2018 Reserva this is a modern style Spanish Roha made with 95% tamano grapes with a bit of meso and graciano it is aged 18 months in a mixture of French and American Oak barrels and then aged to further 18 months in Bottle before release you will get black fruit and spices on the nose with black plums Pepper and a chocolate hazelnut finish on the palette it has a 90 point wine Spector rating and you can drink until 2026 it is reduced this month at BC lier stores from 25.99 to $22.99 I would recommend picking up four bottles for your seller