good wine for years down the line?
 

I am getting married soon, and my soon to be wife and i are looking
for a nice bottle of wine that we will we able to enjoy several
anniversaries from now (say 10-15?) can anybody suggest a nice bottle
in the sub $100 range that will age nicely and give us something to
enjoy down the line?

thank you very much, and if this is not the correct place to ask,
sorry
-matt

good wine for years down the line?
 

Does it has to be from your wedding year? If so, you will have to wait a
couple of years to know where 2007 was a great vintage.

If not, the answer depends on what storage conditions you do have.

A Vintage Port should be good choice, providing you like sweet wine,
because Vintage Ports are not too sensitive to storage conditions and are
really slow maturing. So a 1994, 2000 or 2003 Vintage Port will probably
survive 10 or 15 (or 50) years.

May I suggest that you purchase a case and open one bottle for each 5
years? Or, at least, purchase 2 bottles, just in case one is corked.

S.

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> I am getting married soon, and my soon to be wife and i are looking
> for a nice bottle of wine that we will we able to enjoy several
> anniversaries from now (say 10-15?) can anybody suggest a nice bottle
> in the sub $100 range that will age nicely and give us something to
> enjoy down the line?
>
> thank you very much, and if this is not the correct place to ask,
> sorry
> -matt
>

good wine for years down the line?
 

wrote:
> I am getting married soon, and my soon to be wife and i are looking
> for a nice bottle of wine that we will we able to enjoy several
> anniversaries from now (say 10-15?) can anybody suggest a nice bottle
> in the sub $100 range that will age nicely and give us something to
> enjoy down the line?

I'll echo Santiago's comments: you should really think about getting a
few bottles so that you can open them periodically. Not only will that
give you a ritual of sorts but you can also monitor the evolution of the
wine and determine when you should drink up all your remaining stock.
Also, it'll be a lot easier to give you a useful answer if you can tell
us what sort of wines you like (white, red, sweet, dry, sparkling, etc.)
There are ageworthy examples of each genre.

Mark Lipton

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