Top 50 Wines of 2022
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
2015 Antica Terra, Chardonnay ‘Aequorin’
Willamette Valley Oregon
The only 100-point wine of the 2022. The wine was absolutely unforgettable and yes, perfect. Incredibly intense and incredibly complex on both the nose and the palate. Acidity, alcohol, phenolics and weight all perfectly balanced. Mouth filling textures are suave and sleek. You can feel the power of this wine, but the power is so precisely executed with elegance and poise. The finish lingers endlessly. Perfection!
This is hands down the best domestic Chardonnay I have tasted to date (and I've tasted more than my fair share). This stands toe to toe with the upper echelon of Burgundian Chardonnay, from similar vintages and outperforms more of them than not.
100 Points - $245
2
2008 Giuseppe Quintarelli, Cabernet ‘Alzero’
Veneto, Italy
3
NV Henri Giraud, Champagne Grand Cru ‘Fût de Chêne Rose’
Aÿ, France
4
2018 Fontodi, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione ‘Vigna del Sorbo’
Chianti Classico, Italy
5
2018 Salvestrin, Cabernet Sauvignon Dr. Crane Vineyard
St. Helena, California
6
2019 Quilceda Creek, ‘CVR’
Columbia Valley, Washington
7
2019 Alphonse Mellot, ‘Edmond’
Sancerre, France
8
2019 Open Claim Vineyards, Chardonnay
Willamette Valley, Oregon
9
2000 Arlaux, ‘Millesime Rare’
Champagne France
10
2016 Pierre Graffeuille et Matthieu Dumarcher, ‘Odyssée’
France
#11 2014 Gran Moraine, Blanc de Blancs
#12 2013 Tenuta Alfredosa, Sagrantino Montefalco
#13 2018 Bjornson Vineyard Pinot Noir Havlin Vineyard
#14 2007 Michel Mailliard, Champagne Grand Cru L'Oger
#15 2019 Zarate, Albariño Rías Baixas ‘Tras da Viña’
#16 2018 Merum Priorati, Priorat ‘Destí’
#17 2017 Rizzi, Barbaresco Nervo
#18 2017 Snowden, Cabernet Sauvignon Brothers Vineyard
#19 2016 Santo Wines, Assyrtiko Reserve Santorini
#20 2018 Brittan Vineyards, Pinot Noir Cygnus Block
#21 2011 Christian Bourmault, Champagne Grand Cru ‘Clos Bourmault’
#22 2017 d'Arenberg, Shiraz ‘The Dead Arm’
#23 2018 San Giusto a Rentennano, Chianti Classico Riserva ‘Le
Baroncole’
#24 2011 Gravner, Ribolla
#25 2017 La Ca'Növa, Barbaresco Montestefano
#26 2019 Bodegas Emilio Moro, Ribera del Duero ‘Malleolus’
#27 NV Laherte Frères Champagne, Rosé de Meunier Extra Brut
#28 2007 Daniel-Etienne Defaix, Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet
#29 2019 Bodegas Elías Mora, Toro ‘Viñas Elías Mora’
#30 2020 Zarate, Albariño Rías Baixas ‘El Palomar’
#31 2015 Leonetti, Aglianico Serra Pedace Vineyard
#32 2017 Alain Graillot, St. Joseph
#33 2017 Zena Crown, Pinot Noir ‘Vista’
#34 2018 Alphonse Mellot, Sancerre Rouge’ Génération XIX’
#35 2017 Artadi IZAR-LEKU
#36 2017 White Rose Estate, Pinot Noir ‘The Convivial Feast’
#37 2018 Vouette et Sorbée, ‘Textures’
#38 2019 Keplinger, ‘Eldorado’
#39 2020 Domaine Pascal & Mireille Renaud, Pouilly-Fuissé
Premier Cru Aux Bouthières
#40 2019 Johan Vineyards, Blaufränkisch
#41 2018 Lenné Estate, Pinot Noir ‘Jill's 115’
#42 2019 El Sequé Alicante
#43 2018 Terragena, Nebbiolo Lost Coast's Dragon Vineyard
#44 2019 Failla, Gamay Noir Bjornson Vineyard
#45 2020 Venica & Venica, Collio Friulano ‘Ronco delle Cime’
#46 2019 Brooks, Pinot Noir ‘Rastaban’
#47 2014 Scubla, Friuli Colli Orientali Bianco ‘Pomedes’
#48 2018 Pertimali Livio Sassetti, Montecucco ‘La Querciolina’
#49 2017 Gran Moraine, Pinot Noir ‘Dropstone’
#50 2017 Monteabellón, Ribera del Duero ‘Finca Matambres’