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'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

We drink mostly red, so that would be my first choice. I like the idea of buying a case, or at least several bottles. It does not need to be from this year, I'm not bothered by that. we aren't huge wine buffs, but we do enjoy it, so your responses are very much appreciated.

thanks again

-matt

Since you appear to be in CA, I'll suggest some wines that should be available locally. If you like Zinfandel, two good ageworthy "Zin"s are Ridge's Geyserville and Lytton Springs, which run about $30/bottle. Slightly cheaper would be Zins from Nalle, Unti or Bella. Cabs that'll age well are hard to find in the under $40 price range. One of the better choices to me is Penfolds's Bin 389 Cab-Shiraz for $25/bottle. Pinot Noirs that'll age well are also pretty scarce, but Merry Edwards's Olivet Lane Pinot Noir ($50/bottle) or Joe Swan's Trenton PN ($50/bottle) are two good candidates. For Syrah, try ones from Domaine de la Terre Rouge, Unti, Bella or Porter Creek, all in the $20-30 range.

HTH Mark Lipton

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For a red dry wine capable to perform well in 10 or 15 years, I'd go for something like Pontet Canet (Pauillac - Bordeaux) from a good recent year such as 2000 (it seems to be available in CA for about $60). 2003 seems to be a bit more expensive (in the $90 range).

But I will not purchase just one and would go for 2 PC 2000 instead of 1 PC

Sociando Mallet is another Bordeaux at your price point that will keep for

s.