Cellaring wine can seem daunting. For those who don't have any experience, it's hard to know which wines to purchase, or even when to drink the wines you already have. If that's you, you've come to the right place!
In the list below, we have curated a selection of wines, all rated 94 points and above, that are perfect for cellaring – although they're also drinking well now, if you'd rather not wait.
From pinot noir, shiraz and other red blends to chardonnay, semillon and riesling, this list has a wine for those looking to start their cellaring journey, or those searching for the next great wine to add to their established cellar. You'll find lots to cellar (and celebrate) here.
Choosing the right wine is just the beginning of the cellaring process. If you're looking for some extra tips and tricks after reading through this list, and maybe purchasing a wine or two, make sure you check out our cellaring hub.
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Wines to cellar
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Skillogalee
Trevarrick Riesling 2025
Clare ValleyThe fruit for this wine is sourced from the higher elevation contours on the Skillogalee vineyards. It has intensity and a deep flavour profile, a cavalcade of florals and citrus in the perfume, chalky pucker to texture, a taut, long, racy line in texture. Obvious lime juice characters meet red apple, brown skin pear, a touch of pink grapefruit, mandarin juice and faint minty qualities. It feels powerful and energetic, almost brusque in youth (though a day open and the wine was singing). One for the future, and then some. Stellar release. -
Bimbadgen
Single Vineyard Palmers Lane Semillon 2024
Hunter ValleyThis wine is in a beautiful spot right now, with gorgeous nuances of citrus curd coupled with zest and freshly squeezed lemon. The palate is sweet-natured, long and powerful, showing some of the riper tones of the vintage but retaining supreme freshness. Zippy acidity on the close. -
Decades
Pinot Noir 2024
TasmaniaA supple and spiced pinot noir from Tea Tree in the Coal River Valley, on black cracking clay over a calcareous Triassic sandstone. Dark cherry, wild strawberry and dark plum mesh seamlessly with underlying hints of amaro herbs, medina spice, Campari, sandalwood, pomegranate, raspberry coulis and turned earth and leaves. There's a beautiful flow and presence to this wine, the ripe fruit travelling with grace and fine detail. A flair of powdery, silty tannins provides support and a bright, minerally cadence drives the wine forward. The dance between bunchy nuance and fruit purity is bang on here as the wine finishes complex, long and enduring. -
Dog Point Vineyard
Chardonnay 2023
MarlboroughHand picked from the Home vineyard, with vines dating back to 1984. Whole-bunch pressed and matured in French oak, 10% new, for 18 months. A tight wire of Buddha’s hand citrus, lemon gum oil and yellow peach fuzz leads the nose, followed by a flicker of toasted coconut and creamy oak dust. Quince and loquat notes weave through the profile. On the palate, it is total seduction, with acidity nestled into every crevice and undulating waves of citrus supported by orchard fruit. There’s a lacy, finely woven skin grip and a laser-like line of fruit that carries on and on. There is so much to unpack, yet you’ll find your glass empty far too quickly. This vintage is holding its shape and fruit freshness incredibly well. -
Pyramid Valley
Snake's Tongue Pinot Noir 2023
Central OtagoPinot noir from the Lowburn subregion in Central Otago. 25% whole bunches in the mix in the '23 release and there's a lovely exotic lift and textural component on display in the wine as a result. Dark cherry and berry fruits with hints of crushed stone, mountain herbs, medina spice, raspberry pip, wildflowers and earth. There's a long, pure stretch of fruit on the palate, fine, powdered-schist tannins and a fine mineral cadence as the wine travels. Winemaker Huw Kinch says, 'the idea with the whole bunch was to tame the sunlight in the wine a little' ... nailed it. The balance is just right. -
Serafino Wines
Sharktooth Shiraz 2023
McLaren ValeFrom the coolest part of the estate on alluvial sand, clay and gravel, all French oak, 30% new. The '23 shiraz suite from Serafino is impressive, such flavour-deep yet poised wines, paying respects to styles of old, but in such a refined way, with everything so finely tuned. Brambly berries, boysenberry, black plum, mulberry, blackberry pastille, saltbush and bushland scrub, the oak an agreeably suave presence, with fine vanilla, ginger and char notes. It’s full bodied, but it’s not imposing, the tannic framework superfine, acidity on song, the finish trailing into the far distance. Power and finesse. Nailed it. -
Thomas Wines
Sweetwater Ridge Individual Vineyard Shiraz 2024
Hunter ValleySpectacular in its balance, fragrance and intensity, with hints of rose petals and spice overlying fresh, perfectly ripe cherry and plum fruit. It has a weighty richness without feeling overdone. The fine structure contains its power, while purity and depth shine through. An individual-vineyard wine of real integrity and incredible value. -
Whistling Eagle Vineyard
Eagles Blood Shiraz 2022
HeathcoteAnother stunner of a release of Eagles Blood, which so beautifully epitomises Aussie shiraz at its most pleasurable best. This is a wine so in balance in its youth that it can be enjoyed right now if you wish, such is the warmth of black fruits, spice, chocolate, savoury earthiness and the ease of delivery of vanillin oak. The palate is fresh and juicy and yet firmly wrapped in ripe, fine tannins as it flows to a long finish. An absolute delight. Even better, it has plenty of time on its side. -
Burn Cottage
Sauvage Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022
Central OtagoSourced from the 5.8ha Sauvage Vineyard on the North East side of Felton Road in Bannockburn. It’s a wonderfully expressive pinot noir showing characters of pure dark plum, black cherry and raspberry fruit tones with a flash of wild strawberry. Layered with exotic spice, crushed herbs, meadow flowers, dried cranberry, thyme, pomegranate, olive tapenade and subtle dried game meats. Flavoursome and complex with a composed stony travel across the palate with some nice mineral crunch to the acidity. There’s so much to like here. -
Stone Bridge Wines
Shiraz Cabernet 2024
Clare ValleyThis is a pretty wine in perfume, a bold wine to taste, and between those two points, a well-judged, fuller-flavoured, lush-textured, soft-tannin shaped red of dark fruit, herbal lift and chocolatey intensity. What a winner. Old-school, good-school, flavour-packed, bold and bright, with a sense of freshness and tension through that long, palate-staining finish. It's so darn tasty, so very good in its way. -
Eden Road Wines
The Long Road Shiraz 2024
Canberra DistrictThere’s a distinct spice trait to Canberra shiraz, almost a smoky/charry note (there’s no new oak in this), and it’s delicious. Dark fruits, spiced to the max, especially with pepper, while the mid-weighted palate fills out with raw-silk tannins and lively acidity. A terrific wine, especially at this pricepoint. -
Folding Hill
Orchard Block Pinot Noir 2022
Central OtagoA cracking Bendigo-born pinot noir. Mid-ruby in the glass with aromas of airy redcurrant, raspberry and red cherry fruits that present in a spacious, ethereal style. Plenty of stony detail, gentle floral and blossom tones, a layer of exotic spice and some distant dried meat and schisty complexity. Purely fruited, with some lovely fine-grained tannin and a brisk mineral cadence. This is one for the lovers of a pinot with space and just a touch of sinew. -
Gundog Estate
Marksman's Shiraz 2024
Canberra DistrictSourced from the Long Rail Gully vineyard in Murrumbateman, the wine expresses the fragrant spice that the Canberra District is renowned for. A 15–20% inclusion of whole bunches amplifies the freshness and spice. Lemon thyme, sorrel and rosehips add interest to the ripe cranberry and red mulberry fruit. The medium-weight palate is long and succulent, propelled by a fine vein of acidity. -
Oliver's Taranga Vineyards
HJ Shiraz 2022
McLaren ValeHand picked from '48 vines, lightly crushed and fermented with native yeasts; raised in French hogsheads, 35% new. There are clear refinements in making, but those old vines speak in their deep baritone, the making respectful to the voice. Stewed dark plums, black cherries and berries, deeply ripe raspberry, Dutch cocoa, allspice, clove, fine threads of vanilla, roasted coffee bean and anise. It’s rich and silky, with a sophisticated tannic draw, the finish impressively long. -
Oliver's Taranga Vineyards
Ihana Shiraz 2023
McLaren ValeThe second release (or Edition #2 on the label) of the co-lab with Finnish Formula 1 driver and wine lover Valtteri Bottas; from two blocks again, with vines about 35 and 10 years old; French oak, 20% new. There’s a lot of nuance to the estate’s shiraz offerings, with each finely differentiated. Here, a dark-fruited profile with a silky sumptuousness about it. Freshly ground coffee, blackberry Danish, black cherries in syrup, but all not overstated. It’s hard not to link this to Bottas’ profession, and the attendant glamour and luxury products, but this is no show pony. There is a new car gloss to it, but the careful restraint and balance is the star. Very good. -
Tenafeate Creek Wines
Vincenzo 2024
Mount Lofty Ranges Zone70/30% shiraz/cabernet sauvignon. A wine made only in the best years in honour of the winemaker's late Nonno, Vincenzo Costa, who grew grapes in the mid '50s (in the Barossa) and sold them to Hardy's. The fruit, decadent yet vibrant, sucks the oak right up – blueberry coulis, blood plum, ripe black cherry, fresh fig, raspberry leaf, all here. The ripe tannins cast a net, sturdy but pliable, over the fruit. The oak influence imparts richness – cocoa, licorice, pencil shavings and the subtle warmth (not alcohol heat) of loved and worn teak. I raise a glass to Vincenzo and think of my own Nonno – his wine, perhaps not reaching the heights of this. -
Golden Amrita
Single Estate Shiraz 2020
Barossa ValleyA shiraz from the western subregion of Greenock; some whole bunch and aged in a combo of French and American oak. Classic Barossa vibes from the word go here with fruit aromas of doris plum, blackberry and black cherry with hints of baking spices, licorice, dark chocolate, fruitcake, cedar, espresso and earth. Fruit pure, with an elegant form to its travel, fine, toothsome tannins and just a peek of dried herbs on the back end as it slowly retreats.
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