Wine Spectator has published its annual list of Top 100 wines. Seeing that the majority of the top 10 wines sold out so quickly after their reveal, made me want to take a closer look at this list. And I decided to make my own TOP 10 from the Wine Spectator’s Top 100. Unfortunately some of the decisions in the Top 100 list were not completely clear to me, so I will be also sharing my 3 disappointments.
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**CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO:
0:00 Introduction
1:14 Wine 1
2:11 Wine 2
3:01 Wine 3
3:49 Wine 4
4:41 Wine 5
5:46 Wine 6
6:43 Wine 7
7:50 Wine 8 + Disappointment 1
9:01 Wine 9
9:58 Wine 10
10:50 Disappointment 2
11:27 Disappointment 3
Disappointment 3
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29 Comments
I agree. Chenin is unfortunately overlooked. One of my favorite whites. Thanks for the excellent video!
paldies for the video, Agnese. first and foremost, as we say in Brazil, "kopš Mozus laikiem (un desmit baušļiem) ir zināms, ka saraksti ir strīdīgi"…
that said, you nailed so many wrong things about this list: 29 American wines but just one fortified wine and one champagne – from a winery that has just started producing champagne and is owned by a celebrity; they praise Aglianico but don't care about Greek grapes and prefer to choose a Sauvignon Blanc from Greece; many wines from big producers but nothing much off the beaten path.
I won't be changing a single hair in my wine buying habits because of this list – maybe just skip those bottles whose prices will soar after becoming famous and sought-after.
after all this rant, here's a suggestion: why don't you make a video with your 10 (or 20) favourite wines this year? I guess it would be much more interesting than the WS list. and you know that wines have no score, they have stories behind them – so your list would probably consider it and how you got into these wines…
At a glance, Wine Spectator's scores tend towards being 2-4 points higher than the general consensus. Reminds me of Robert Parker a little bit, which I admittedly find a little suspect. There's a lot of commercial drivers in the mass market that aren't always comparatively representative. In fact, I'm starting to wonder if the scorings mean different things depending on which market segment they target.
My husband picked up a couple of bottles of the Botani at a bargain price. I assumed these would not be great, but I sure was wrong!
Bravo 👏 👏 I agree that 🎉
no Saperavi on the list… ok I am not in a hurry, I will wait until wine media catches up 😅
❤ I agree with all that you said in this wine 🍷 video 📹. You're my wine 🍷 boss, I follow any opinions you have on your choices of wine and insights that you have about them. You're my Vinous Guru! ❤🎉
I must confess I should get acquainted with these publications, but since I have limited wine availability and budget, I tend to spend my cash on tastings where I can build up palate experience instead of exploring specific wines. Learning is at this point more valuable than keeping an eye on the trends, but I'm totally okay with it! Cheers
Wine Spectator makes no sense. There are tons of albariños from Spain and Portugal that I would bet my life they are better than the Uruguayan one.
If only one fortified wine could make it on the list, I'm happy it was Taylor's 20-year tawny.
Sorry, Agnese, am I missing the link to your Top 10 tasting video? Didn't seem to come up at the end there, but could be my mistake. I love your take on this list, including your disappointments. Thanks for sharing!
I subscribed to Wine Spectator because I love their glossary.
I would trust your ranking over Wine Spectator. I think you would be less biased.
Dear Agnes, thanks U for bringing 3 delicius italianv wines in your personal top 10 list . I love all 3 wines but i am Happy to see that taurasi wine deserve your attention . 2 me every tine i open up a bottle of this gourgius wine It Is such a big Surprise and Discovery. ❤ It
I agree with your disappointment with only one champagne on the list. This was a fun video. I look forward to next weeks installment.
I've been buying Botani for years. It used to be vey cheap,
Does Wine Spectator really reward the most deserving wines? Think that in 40 years I had never noticed it, apart from rare excellences I believe they base their extraordinary scores on something else entirely. You're starting to be an adult, naivety is not good company. Of your Top I only know the Italians and you don't seem to have been very courageous, the Radici is excellent every year, a true institution, the basic Barolo from Scavino is really a Barolo for tourists but it has a beautiful cellar… Regarding the wines of Antinori, what can I say, have you perhaps been a guest in one of his estates?? 👋
Congratulations! Great insights about Wine Spectator's Top 100… Tannat is such an undervalued grape (Uruguay's emblematic grape). I am glad one of Garzon's wines made it to the Top 100… Please, try "Licor de Tannat" from Familia Deicas. For me , it's even better than Port. Cheers!
That was fun to watch. Thank you.
Great, another "Top Video", cheers 🥂
It is your channel, it's your personal taste, knowledge and experience what makes it different and unique from others.
Most publications are becoming to look more like wine buying catalogs, rather than actual good reference.
Wild sauvignon,greywacke❤❤
The only reason for me to watch this channel is to look for old guard quality wines that are so good that she is forced to drift away from her different and cheap prejudice.
Agree with Scavino as a great Barolo producer. Have had the single vineyard wines as well which are great but the standard Barolo is always on point. Even their Barbera and dolcetto deserve recognition too.
I'm also an MW student. What are your criteria for picking your top 10? Have you tried these vintages or are you just agreeing that they deserve recognition?
Hi Agnes! Are you of Hungarian origin?
WS as a publication is starting to show some more diversity compared to 5–10 years ago, but compared to Decanter or other wine publications it is more conservative or traditional. I think that their target demographic has a lot to do with the wines that they rate highly, as perhaps their readers aren't familiar with exotic or unusual wines from faraway places.
It was great to see a Taurasi wine score highly and an Uruguayan Albarino in their Top 100 list is an achievement as well. I agree with your disappointments as well. Greece has some many amazing indigenous varieties, why stick with SB? Gruner Veltliner is Austria's calling card, whereas Riesling is second chair and can you only have one Champagne, on top of that a celebrity rose champagne?! Pfft!
Joel Gott 12$ Sauvignon Blanc has no right being on the top 100 list let alone being so high on the list.
I think that is a wine that can go on the top budget wine / value wine list. Seeing it on the list beating out spectacular and actually interesting wines makes it feel like they bought their way into the list. It's basic , it's boring, it's uninteresting, you've had it and wines just like it a million times over. It offers nothing unique or interesting. It is quite literally, an ok wine for 12 dollars and nothing else.
Something about being in the high 30s on the list with a 91 point rating , beating literal other wines that scored higher by the same critic. Idk. Whatever. I think there is a little something going on under the table between WS and Joel Gott over here lmao.
Love Ch De Plaisance! And of course that Blanc Ronceray! We visited this past May! I was by. Ed not to meet Vanessa! But Elliot was great!
I thought princess charlene started her own youtube channel there for a moment