Need to buy 1 or 2 bottles of Red and have a budget of around 300.00 total. Any suggestions?

Noel, besides the price point, we need to know what you enjoy drinking or if it's for a gift what your clients enjoy. Their are alot of varietals of reds available and then comes the regions and countrys. Do you want California reds/french/australian/italian?

I enjoy Silver Oak and Phelps Insignia. Both together should run around 300 depending on vintage.

Drinking soon, or laying down for consumption years from now? If for a special occasion meal, what's on the menu?

+1 for Insignia ot try some Darioush.

Try Pago de los Capellanos. It's a spanish Tempranillo wine, that is very good.

So what did you buy?