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Collect and Display High Ranking Wines with Vintage Labels - By: Jen Temcio When building a personal wine collection it is most important to buy the wines you love to drink. You may also want to collect wines that will increase in monetary value or that become better tasting with age. Sometimes you will purchase a bottle because you are inspired by the look of the label and it looks cool displayed in your collection.  Classic 1950’s Pin Up Girl Average price per bottle: $15.00 Rating: 94/100 Winery: Rocland Estates Region: South Australia - Barossa Type: Red - Generous aromas of blackberries, aniseed and coffee. The palate shows vanillin oak, spicy and cigar box type flavors, smooth soft silky tannins perfectly round off this wine. Killibinbin “The Blend” 2006 (the label showing the hand ready to grasp the woman) Early 1950’s horror movie Average price per bottle: $18.00 Rating: 90/100 Winery: Killibinbin Region: Southern Australia - Adelaide Hills Type: Cabernet (70%) and Shiraz (30%) is medium crimson in color with a bouquet of cedar, tar, black currant, and blueberry. Ripe, forward, and full-flavored, this appealing wine is ready for prime-time drinking. Molly Dooker The Violinist Lefty Wine Modern Recreated Vintage Era not determined Average price per bottle: $24.00 Rating: 2007 vintage received 90/100 points from Jay Miller, the 2006 vintage was awarded 92/100 points The Wine Advocate Winery: Molly Dooker Region: South Australia – McLaren Vale Type: Verdelho White – Pale white with greenish tint. Aromas: Sweet melon, pineapple, mango, lemon and hints of flint and smoke. Tart and citrusy at first, then the bright fruit flavors evolve into a creamy and well rounded-off texture, which finishes crisp and clean. Alcohol: 15%. Check out Molly Dookers Lefty Wines for other consistently Highly Rated Wines with Outstanding Vintage Labels! Great to Collect the whole line. Raconteur Cabernet Sauvignon 2007  Recreated Vintage with Late 1800’s feel Winery - VINACEOUS Region –South Australia Rating – 90/100 Wine Advocate A little stern in character and with serious personality . The Raconteur is sourced from the South Australian region Padthaway. Classic mint, cassis and oak aromas with warm, ripe berry fruits and hints of damp forest floor. Alcohol : 14.5%. Drink : 2010 – 2015 Red Head Studio’s Esule Classic comic book pop art of the 1980’s. Average price per bottle: $70.00 Rating: 91 Points - Wine Spectator Winery: Red Head Studio Region: Australia Type: Red - unique blend of 70% 2007 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% 2004 Touriga Nacional from Langhorne Creek This purple-colored blockbuster offers up a super-fragrant bouquet of violets, lavender, baking spices, leather, black currant, and blackberry. Spicy red and blackcurrants, cherry and rose on the nose, with a subtle undercurrent of minerals adding vivacity. Taut, sharply focused red berry aromas are firmed by fine-grained tannins and given bite by cracked pepper. Opulent and complex on the palate, this beautifully integrated, harmonious wine has exceptional length and a stratospheric pleasure quotient. Enjoy it over the next 10-12 years. Collecting wine is a fun and rewarding experience. There are many factors to consider when buying bottles for your collection such as wine that you personally love to drink, labels that you find interesting, and of course highly rated wines that will increase in value and popularity. Acquiring a cool collection of wine for display with vintage labels is easy to do if you take the time to do your research. Australian wines have fantastic selections of recreated vintage art work on their labels. Many of the wines listed in this article are only one of many gorgeous, similar vintage labels that can be collected as a set from the same winery! Have fun with collecting your bottles of wine and buy more than one bottle of the same wines so that you can taste them and rate them for yourself in your wine journal, and so you can entertain guests by making them feel special when they get to pick their favorite label, year and type of wine from your extraordinary vintage label collection. Prost! Collecting wine is a fun and rewarding experience. There are many factors to consider when buying bottles for your collection such as wine that you personally love to drink, labels that you find interesting, and of course highly rated wines that will increase in value and popularity. Acquiring a cool collection of wine for display with vintage labels is easy to do if you take the time to do your research. Australian wines have fantastic selections of recreated vintage art work on their labels. M http://www.dapperhouse.com |