Chateau Ausone Premier Grand Cru Classe A, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2015
Price range: £3,350.00 through £3,880.006x750mlIf you can invest in Château Ausone (St. Émilion Grand Cru), you should do it. The estate only produces 2,000 cases of its cabernet franc and merlot blend per year. Château Ausone also has the distinction as one of four châteaux to be ranked Premier Grand Cru Classé (A) for Saint-Émilion wine.
Claude Dugat, Bourgogne, Rouge 2015
Price range: £561.00 through £656.0012x750mlThe Bourgogne Rouge label has become synonymous with pinot noir. As the creation of Claude Dugat, this smooth and balanced red wine has tantalized palates and portfolios for decades. Today, it basks in the limelight it so richly deserves.
Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru 2015
Price range: £6,900.00 through £7,985.001x1500mlSymphonic – it’s the best word to describe Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru. This pinot noir is poetic and musical, ebbing and flowing with precision and feeling. Not only does it live up to the title of “Grands,” but it also lives up to its $2,800+ price tag. Between June 2016 and Jan. 2021, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Grands Échezeaux Grand Cru more than doubled in price.
Domaine Ponsot, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru, Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2015
Price range: £2,290.00 through £2,653.006x750mlThe old vines shine through in this grand cru pinot noir. There’s a bountiful ensemble of flavors that induce a velvet mouthfeel and long finish. The brainchild of Domaine Ponsot, investors routinely spend $400 for a single bottle of this red wine.
Domaine Ponsot, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru 2015
Price range: £2,590.00 through £3,000.006x750ml
Giacomo Conterno, Cerretta, Barbera d’Alba 2015
Price range: £479.00 through £560.0012x750mlGiacomo Conterno Cerretta Barbera d’Alba highlights the careful craftsmanship of Roberto Giacomo. The red wine is lithe and elegant with refined tannins that mingle amount citrus flavors and floral notes. It also returned 43.5 from 2017 to 2021.
Kutch, Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast 2015
Price range: £602.00 through £703.0012x750mlThe adage goes that “wine is made in the vineyard.” Kutch Wines lives this philosophy with its cool climate, rich soils, and well-positioned vineyards. After trying the 2018 vintage, wine critic Loren Sonkin called it “another quality wine from Jamie Kutch.”
Opus One, Napa Valley 2015
Price range: £1,615.00 through £1,872.003x1500mlThere are more than 50 wineries in Napa Valley, and they all wish they could produce something as magical as Opus One. Created in 1984 in a collaborative effort between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild, Opus One is an indicative blend of five red-wine grapes. The grapes bring character to the wine in a way that cannot be replicated anywhere else. The price of this legendary Bordeaux-style red blend has risen 30.8 from 2017 to 2021.
Pol Roger, Sir Winston Churchill 2015
Price range: £975.00 through £1,131.006x750mlFormer British prime minister Winston Churchill loved Pol Rogers Champagne. He loved it so much that they named their top cuvée after him. The brut vintage features 50 chardonnay and 50 pinot noir, with the latter coming exclusively from grand cru vineyards. If this Champagne is good enough for Winston Churchill, it should be good enough for you.