£50 Gift for red wine lovers - investment wine?

[sidekickdmr]

I want to say thank you to a couple that have helped us out, but a bottle of Tesco red and a bunch of flowers wont cut it.

They love red wine, so Im thinking about getting 2 bottles of red and would like recommendations for both:

- A nice but recognisable good drinking wine for say £10?

- A special occasion / Investment wine, that they can drink if they want, and do so on a special occasion, or keep to one side as an investment - budget about £50?

Any ideas?

Happy to buy online or in store.

[21TonyK]

I always appreciate a bottle of cote rotie.

https://www.majestic.co.uk/wines/cote-rotie-brune-...

not worth "investing" in but worth drinking on an anniversary or birthday

[CS Garth]

Jim Barry Shiraz at the co-op - 9.99 and ace (used to serve on BA first class)

Decent - perhaps a St Julien

[HootersGsy]

Not much point trying to buy investment grade wine for £50 a bottle, it'd need to be stored properly etc. to be worth anything in a couple of years time. best get something they'll enjoy, I'd second a nice Bordeaux. Like everything it depends on their taste but I quite enjoy Ch. Gloria and Ch. du Tertre.

[anonymous-user]

Sadly, investment grade Bordeaux is for billionaires nowadays but there are some chateaux that represent reasonable value for decent wine. I am a terrible wine bore but I'll spare you: Ch. Langoa Barton 2014 from all large M&S stores at £45. Drinks well now if aired but I'd give it 4/5 years to open up if it can lie down somewhere cool.

[menguin]

Obviously depends entirely on their taste. But I'd second chateaux Gloria - great French red. If they're into Italians then Pra Amarone is pretty delicious.

As others have stated, not investment at this level but a bloody good bottle of plonk.