Top 50 Wines of 2019
Each year, we take a look back at some of the most memorable wines and vintages from the year. This year's top 50 is full of beautiful wines from all around the world that will impress any palate!
#1 Wine of the Year
2008 Bollinger, La Grande Année
Champagne, France
71% Pinot Noir and 29% Chardonnay taken across 18 crus. Hand riddled. Finished with an eight grams per liter dosage. Disgorged 10/18
Wonderful aromas show notes of chamomile, bruised apple, oxidized white peach and pear, dried white flowers, baguette, fresh baked biscuits and chalk with hints of sea spray and honeycomb. Very reminiscent of a delicate Manzanilla.
The palate shows a super-fine mousse with tiny pinprick bubbles. Great weight and viscosity with a creamy texture. Flavors show intensity repeating the nose with its bruised apple, white orchard fruits, dried white flowers, chamomile, biscuit and baguette notes that lead into the chalky minerality and almond tones. The finish is unending showing the depth and broadness of this wine.
95 Points - $150
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2004 Gran Viu, Finca Santiaga
Cariñena, Spain
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2017 Quilceda Creek, CVR
Columbia Valley, Washington
6
2017 Nicolas Potel, Rully 1er Cru La Pucelle
Burgundy, France
7
2013 Leonetti, Aglianico Serra Pedace Vineyard
Walla Walla, Washington
8
2017 Penfold’s, Cabernet Sauvignon, Bin 407
South Australia
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2014 Etude, Pinot Noir
Bannockburn, New Zealand
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#11 2015 Domaine Guyon, Vosne-Romanée, Les Charmes de Mazières
#12 2012 Denner, Carignan, Sacred Burro
#13 2014 Brittan, Pinot Noir Cygnus
#14 2015 Brane-Cantenac
#15 2015 Vall Llach, Mas de la Rosa
#16 2017 Cérvoles, Vinyes Altes de Les Garrigues
#17 2017 Penfold’s, Bin 389
#18 2016 Winderlea, Pinot Noir, Shea Vineyard
#19 2016 La Ca'Növa, Barbaresco
#20 2015 Castello di Ama, Chianti Classico, Gran Selezione, San Lorenzo
#21 2014 Bodegas Numanthia, Termes
#22 2009 Bonnet-Ponson, Brut Blanc de Blancs, 1er Cru Les Vignes Dieu
#23 2013 Rust en Vrede, Estate Red
#24 2016 Rivers-Marie, Pinot Noir, Old Vines Summa Vineyard
#25 2016 The Walls, Grenache, Concrete Mama
#26 2012 Graham Beck, Brut Zero
#27 2017 Angela Estate, Chardonnay
#28 2013 Montepeluso, A Quo
#29 2015 Martin Ray, Cabernet Sauvignon, Synthesis
#30 2014 Fontanafredda, Barolo
#31 2014 Saffron Fields, Pinot Noir
#32 2014 Crocus, Malbec de Cahors, Le Calcifère
#33 2015 Bedrock. Syrah, North Coast
#34 2017 Domaine du Vissoux, Fleurie ‘Poncié
#35 2017 Herman Story, Syrah, Nuts & Bolts
#36 2017 Jules Taylor, Chardonnay, OTQ
#37 2012 Alto Moncayo, Garnacha, Campo de Borja
#38 2016 Duckhorn, Merlot
#39 2015 Paul Hobbs, Cabernet Sauvignon
#40 2016 Alloro, Pinot Noir
#41 2016 Herman Story, Grenache, On the Road
#42 NV Bodegas Yuste, Manzanilla, Aurora
#43 2012 Owen Roe, Cabernet Sauvignon, Yakima Valley
#44 2016 Vall Llach, Idus
#45 NV Silvio Carta, Vernaccia
#46 2016 Fidelitas, Cabernet Sauvignon, Red Mountain
#47 2010 Sierra Cantabria, Rioja, Finca El Bosque
#48 2016 Domaine Collotte, Marsannay, Le Clos de Jeu
#49 2014 Simonsig, Pinotage, Redhill
#50 2015 Alsina & Sardá, Cava Brut Nature Gran Reserva Especial