In this video, John Jackson, DipWSET a/k/a Attorney Somm discusses 7 stellar wine cellar defenders that Attorney Somm is buying now and which will help wine collectors avoid opening their age-worthy wines prematurely.
Many collectible wines will improve with age and should not be consumed too soon. In this video, Attorney Somm reveals 7 wine cellar defenders that you can enjoy and which will help you to avoid temptation.
AttorneySomm discusses the following wines in this video:
2019 Sinegal “Details” Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon
2020 Domaine de Rochegres Moulin-A-Vent
2016 La Rioja Alta Viña Ardanaza Reserva
Chateau Poesia
2018 Bodegas Muga Seleccion Especiale
2019 Clos Apalta Le Petit Clos
Chateau Branaire-Ducru
Whether you are a beginning wine collector or a veteran, this video will be useful and help you with your wine buying strategies.
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Thanks as always. White recommendations? My Huët Vouvrays need defending!
Good selection, John. Cru Beaujolais from decent years are real favourites of mine. I have one left of the 2015 Moulin a Vent and some mixed cases from 2019 and 2020. Ardanza is always great value, as is the special bottling La Rioja Alta does for the Wine Society – I have one bottle left of the '13 before I move on to the '18. Neither are favourable years but Pierre at TWS, who leads the blending, seems to come up trumps every time.
Claret from slightly lesser years is a good bet, especially CBs and second wines: '14 Beaumont, Lacoste Borie, Grand and Angludet are drinking beautifully right now. It helps me keep my hands off the Branaire-Ducru and Durfort-Vivens, both from 2005.
I am also enjoying Cote Rotie, Crozes and Ch9duP, '13s. Gigondas '16 is pitch perfect at the moment (I know you did a recent video on the subject).
I recently bought Meerlust's entry level wine, so that I can leave my '15 and '17 Rubicons in the merchant's cellars for another year or two.
I shall take delivery of '15 Brunello di Montalcino this summer as they should be starting to drink now.
La Rioja Alta is one of my favorite wine…..Love it…
All are great recommendations…
Love your recommendations as always! Vina Ardanza is very compelling even though the 15 is relatively young, while Branaire-Ducru is quite easily found and is consistent in quality. Just wondering if you have any Italian cellar defender recommendations? I’m trying my best not to open my 16 and 17 brunellos and am struggling for an alternative
Great, La Rioja Alta is really a Great wine . Do you also like the Rioja Reserva by Crune?
Have you done a video on daily drinkers?
Great to see so much love for spanish wine. Just wondering if you have a lead on great albarino. Apart from Pazo Senorans and Zarate I am struggling to find something comparable. Yes, the Portugal side has more to offer, but just curios if I haven’t missed any gems on the Spanish side. Keep up the great content! 🎉
Enjoying this video! Cellar Defenders is one of my favorites among your wine topics. I will most probably watch this twice or thrice. Always such an interesting and useful topic. Thank you for making and sharing this video. Santé, John!
Excellent selection and you are quite right to state that cellar defender' represent fine quality at their price point. Some of these are very fine wines in their own right though. These days my real cellar defenders have to be great gems priced between £10-20 sterling. Very good wine for pairing with a nice meal most days of the week. I say this because like all things we enjoy the price of wine is going up. I've just returned from Spain and the depressing news is that everything to do with wine is increasing in price. The price of glass, cardboard packaging, energy, the alarming water shortage with drought and souring temperatures are a catastrophe. Producers in La Mancha accept that this years harvest is destroyed but think if things don't change their vine trees will die. Spain is not alone in this dilemma of course. WT
Thank you for another interesting video!
Great recommendations!
Having followed your videos, I've seen the La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza before as well as Dominio de Pingus PSI. How would you compare the two?
I am also contemplating purchasing one among these two and two Chateauneuf-du-Papes (Domaine du Pere Caboche Elisabeth Chambellan Vieilles Vignes Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2021 and Roger Sabon Chateauneuf-du-Pape Les Olivets 2019). This would be my first time diving into CdP.
Your cellar defenders are my cellaring wines, love your vids.
I greatly appreciate this video. For someone just getting started in wine, these "cellar defenders" seem like reliable starting points as I build my taste profile. I recently enjoyed La Rioja Alta's Viña Alberdi Reserva, which is their entry-level wine and priced at just 15 EUR in Europe (probably closer to $25 in the US). This might be interesting to viewers on lower budgets.
I can't recall the last time I saw published critics' scores for any South American red where JS wasn't the critic who gave the highest score!
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Nice tip about sinegal ! Thanks ! Vina Ardanza has a good price in Brazil . I find petit clos apalta a little bit nervous when opening : I think it’s really important to use the decanter to aerate to fully appreciate , and seems to be a good bet to age ! Greetings!
Great video, thank you for the recommendations! Just to be an annoying nitpicker I think you may need to review your claim of Suckling giving the 2019 Clos Apalta Le Petit Clos a 99 😉 I think you may find that it was only 95 and that 99 was his score for their first wine..
You did it! Thank you so much for this video sir.
These seem to be very interesting wines! Thank you for this very useful video!👏👏👏
Very diversified group of wines 👍 spot on the 2 Riojas…my go-to if any casual drinkers asked to recommend "a good wine, not too pricey". Dependable and not too hard to understand