The Perfect 24 Bottle Wine Cellar.
- 2 Cabernet Sauvignon (one that you are cellaring)
- 1 French Bordeaux (for that special meal – also could be a Spanish Rioja or Italian Brunello di Montalcino)
- 1 Merlot
- 3 Pinot Noirs (one from France, one from Oregon, one from New Zealand)
- 1 Zinfandel
- 2 Syrah/Shiraz (one from Washington, one from Australia)
- 1 Chianti
- 1 Salice Salentino (remember, for that spaghetti with red sauce)
- 2 Sauvignon Blancs (one from France or California, one from New Zealand)
- 1 Riesling
- 2 Chardonnays (one from California – oak, one from France – apple)
- 1 Pinot Gris/Grigio
- 1 Malbec (for that charcoal grilled meat)
- 1 Statement (something unusual that is your signature wine)
- 4 House wines (some relatively inexpensive but tasty quaffer that you serve when folks drop by – white or red is up to you)
Now, here are the wines that would make up my
Perfect 24 Bottle Wine Cellar**
- Woodward Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon or Medlock Ames Cabernet Sauvignon
- Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon
- Chateau LaGrange or Bodegas Muga Gran Riserva or Castella Banfi Brunello di Montalcino
- Duckhorn Merlot or L’Ecole Estate Merlot
- Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir
- Amisfield Central Otago Pinot Noir
- Bouchard Pere & Fils Burgundy (Pinot Noir)
- Seghesio Zinfandel
- Mollydooker The Boxer (Shiraz)
- Gramercy Cellars Syrah
- Marchesi de Frescobaldi Chianti Classico
- Taurino Salice Salentino
- Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc
- Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc
- Chateau Ste Michelle/Dr. Loosen Eroica Riesling
- LaChablisienne Chablis (French Chardonnay)
- Argyle Nut House Chardonnay
- Elk Cove Pinot Gris
- Bodegas Norton Malbec
- DAMA Wines DAMAnation GSM (Grenache, Syrah, Mouvedre)
- 4 bottles of Saviah The Jack Red Wine (red blend)
*You can have a very nice 24 bottle wine cellar for $350.00 and an amazing 24 bottle wine cellar for $500.00. My perfect 24 bottle wine cellar is about $750.00…and you can spend a whole lot more than that if you want.
**This list will change this evening when I discover a wine that I now like better than one of these. This list will change again tomorrow night. Within a month, this cellar will be completely different.