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 Trophy Wine Cellar Pick for June 2024 is the 2020 Haut Batailley. Haut Bataillay is a 5th growth wine from the Pauillac region on the Left Bank of Bordeaux. In 2017, the Cazes family, who also own Lynch Bages, purchased this winery. Over the last decade, its wines have consistently performed at a level equivalent to higher growth wines. 2020 is no exception. The wine is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot. It is aged 14 months in French oak barrels (60% new). Still developing, it will have lots of dark fruits with a minerally and chocolate aftertaste. It has a 95 pts Wine Spectator rating but you will need patience with this wine. Drink between 2027-2040. Priced this month at B.C. Liquor stores at $145.00 a bottle. I would recommend picking up 2 bottles for your cellar.

Trophy Wine Cellar Picks to Date

Aurelio Settimo 2016 Rocche Dell Annunziata Barolo Riserva (95 pts Wine Spec) - 2 bottles x 116
Chateau Beaucastel 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape (96 pts Wine Spec) - 2 bottles x $106
Chateau Leoville Poyferre 2020 (95 pts Wine Spec) - 2 bottles x $225
Chateau De Saint Cosme 2021 Gigondas Le Claux (95 pts Wine Spec) -1 bottte x $182
Clos Apalta 2019 (95 pts Wine Spec) 1 bottle x $190
M. Chapoutier 2018 St. Joseph Le Clos - (95 pts Wine Spec) 1 bottle x $216
Ornellaia 2020 - (96 pts Wine Spec) 1 bottle x $291
Bertani 2012 Amarone Classico (93 pts Wine Spec) 1 bottle x $196
Dominus 2016, 2018 or 2019 (95+ pts Wine Spec) 1 bottle x $200
Veuve Clicquot 2015 La Grand Dame 1 (95 pts Wine Spec) 1 bottle x $265
Haut Batailley 2020 2 bottles x $145

Total spent to date: $2724 (before tax)

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