Recommendations on wines to cellar

[Innkeeper]

Good advice from WD. I will raise the caution flag on the CDPs though. They seem to be plagued with Brett (brettanomyces) these days including big names such as Chateau de Beaucastel. Some people don't seem to mind this in their wine. Parker, for example, highly recommends the one I just mentioned. In a young wine, it can usually be tolorated, but the longer you age it, the more damage it does.

To put things back on a positive track, the above does not apply to the Upper Rhones. We love to lay down Cote Roti, Hermitage, and others of that ilk.