Wine Collection Starter Set

Starting a proper wine collection is one of life’s true pleasures and a sure sign that you’ve “grown up and made it” in life.  If you’ve been longing to begin collecting fine wine, but haven’t been certain of where to start, this set is for you. A compilation of four classic collectors wines that will reward patience and deliver magic in 10-15 years.

Wine Collection Starter Set Includes:  

2012 Talenti Brunello di Montalcino

Brunello di Montalcino, along with Barolo are the great collector’s wines of Italy.  Brunello is the king of Tuscan wines, and of the Sangiovese grape specifically. Talenti’s complex, wonderfully deep Brunello is one of the stars of the 2012 vintage.  Will develop lovely porcini and truffle layers and melt in your mouth tannins between 2020 and 2025.

2014 La Vieux Donjon Chateauneuf du Pape

Chateauneuf du Pape is the greatest appellation in the southern Rhone producing distinctively rich, powerful reds with dried fruit and herb complexity.  Claire Michel worked at Harlan before coming back to her family’s Chateauneuf estate, where she is crafting classy elegant wines. This is a fine, perfumed, classically structured Chateauneuf that will develop grilled meat complexity and textural richness between 2020 and 2024.

2014 Purlieu Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Julien Fayard is one of Napa’s superstar winemakers.and this impressive Cabernet Sauvignon comes from legendary Napa vineyards such as Beckstoffer To Kalon, Missouri Hopper, Martinez, and Teucer.  This combination of site and skill has produced a compelling, densely concentrated, powerfully structured Cabernet that will develop even more chocolatey richness and smoothness between 2025 and 2030.

2014 Chateau Mille Roses Haut Medoc

No cellar is complete without the classic wines of Bordeaux.  This is a fine Cabernet Sauvignon prediminant wine from the left bank commune of Haut Medoc from a property situated between classified growth estates Château Giscours and Château Cantemerle.  This is everything good claret should be, cassis, cedar with firm, fine tannins, that will develop classic foie gras complexity and a mellowed texture between 2020 and 2024.