Best wines to cellar <$50

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Hey all,

I was thinking of topping up my cellar (cool room in the middle of the house so nothing crazy) after having enjoyed some early 2000's bottles.

I'm looking to spend c.$1-2k on getting some decent red wines that will start to shine after having been aged for 5-10 years.
Open to styles (mainly drink Shiraz, Cab Sav, grenache etc.)

Ideally <$50 for weekly family dinners / solo meals.

I've had a look at the Langton's vintage charts and top cellared lists (i.e Wynns Cab Sav) for ideas.
However was hoping for some specific recommendations I can keep my eye out for any upcoming sales.

Thanks.
 
Without knowing your specific preferences or style, I'm just rattling based off what I would buy:

- Setiono Syrah
- Wynn's BL
- Vanguardist Grenache
- Dappled Chard (I know you didn't ask for a white, but *shrugs*) they also do Syrah.
- Tyrrell's NVC
- Serrat (any you can get?)

I do think rather than focusing on <$50 it's worth splitting your budget into different brackets based on occasion.

Also the iconic Aussie wines wouldn't fit into that price point. Thinking like MM Quintet, Cullen DM, Rockford BP, etc that would cellar well.

Also worth a look in is Josh Cooper 1971 Cab imo.

Bit of a random list off the top of my head.

Also have stayed local given the price range specified.
 
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My suggestions:

St Halletts Blackwell shiraz
Penfolds Bin 128
Seppelt St Peter’s - a bit above the budget
Stella Bella Cabernet
 
You need to find the style of wines you like then find where they are from.I like bit gutsy reds which aren't so common now. The wines I buy are from Petaluma, St Hallets, Mitchelton, Bests, Tyrells and Tahbilk. Mainly now from Tahbilk as they have reasonable prices and I have been a member of their wine club for many years.
So go and taste young wines If they are perfect drinking now unlikely to benefit from cellaring.
Visit vineyards and ask the staff are there any wines they think will be worth cellaring and for how long.

Make sure you have a place to cellar them. just in a wine rack somewhere in the house is unlikely to get the best out of the wines. For example we built a house on the Sunshine Coast and one room on the south side of the house is double brick an temperatures are pretty constant.
When we lived in Maitland we bought an old place which had a double brick garage with an attached storeroom again on the south side of the building. That made a good cellar.
 

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