Saturday, December 20, 2008

Wine Spectator's top 100 list: Tuscany has 7 recognitions, Piedmont only 3.

Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines for 2008...
Position - Score - Price -
Label 1 - 96 - $75 - Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta Colchagua Valley 2005
2 - 97 - $100 - Château Rauzan-Ségla Margaux 2005
3 - 95 - $40 - Quinta do Crasto Douro Reserva Old Vines 2005
4 - 97 - $57 - Château Guiraud Sauternes 2005
5 - 95 - $55 - Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau 2005
6 - 94 - $62 - Pio Cesare Barolo 2004
7 - 96 - $100 - Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac 2005
8 - 96 - $95 - Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005
9 - 95 - $90 - Mollydooker Shiraz McLaren Vale Carnival of Love 2007
10 - 93 - $24 - Seghesio Zinfandel Sonoma County 2007
11 - 95 - $57 - Château Clerc Milon Pauillac 2005
12 - 96 - $69 - Concha y Toro Cabernet Sauvignon Puente Alto Don Melchor 2005
13 - 94 - $42 - Mount Eden Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains 2004
14 - 95 - $65 - Aldo & Riccardo Seghesio Barolo Vigneto La Villa 2004
15 - 96 - $110 - Sette Ponti Toscana Oreno 2006
16 - 95 - $53 - Elderton Ode To Lorraine Barossa 2005
17 - 95 - $50 - Argyle Extended Tirage Willamette Valley 1998
18 - 97 - $100 - Château Malescot-St.-Exupéry Margaux 2005
19 - 96 - $83 - Château Smith-Haut-Lafitte Pessac-Léognan White 2005
20 - 97 - $95 - Schrader Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley T6 Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard 2005
21 - 100 - $260 - Château L’Evangile Pomerol 2005
22 - 95 - $63 - Avignonesi Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Grandi Annate Riserva 2004
23 - 96 - $100 - Jean-Paul & Jean-Luc Jamet Côte-Rôtie 2005
24 - 96 - $125 - Chappellet Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard Napa Valley 2005
25 - 94 - $58 - Andrew Will Champoux Vineyard Horse Heaven Hills 2005
26 - 95 - $155 - Domaine des Lambrays Clos des Lambrays 2005
27 - 97 - $175 - Peter Michael Les Pavots Knights Valley 2005
28 - 98 - $206 - Château Cos-d’Estournel St.-Estèphe 2005
29 - 96 - $100 - A. Clape Cornas 2005
30 - 93 - $25 - Byron Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley 2005
31 - 93 - $28 - La Massa Toscana 2006
32 - 92 - $18 - Château Puygueraud Côtes de Francs 2005
33 - 93 - $18 - Winzer Krems Grüner Veltliner Qualitätswein Trocken Kremstal Edition Chremisa 2006
34 - 93 - $34 - Condado de Haza Ribera del Duero Crianza 2005
35 - 96 - $125 - Pride Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma-Napa Counties Reserve 2005
36 - 94 - $62 - Bodegas y Viñedos Maurodos Toro San Román 2004
37 - 93 - $27 - Merry Edwards Sauvignon Blanc Russian River Valley 2006
38 - 92 - $25 - Bodega Colomé Malbec Calchaquí Valley 2006
39 - 93 - $27 - Perrin & Fils Gigondas La Gille 2005
40 - 91 - $19 - Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough 2008
41 - 93 - $35 - Domaine La Roquète Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2005
42 - 92 - $25 - Amavi Cabernet Sauvignon Walla Walla Valley 2005
43 - 92 - $30 - Château Pipeau St.-Emilion 2005
44 - 91 - $12 - Leasingham Riesling Clare Valley Magnus 2007
45 - 94 - $80 - Jermann Venezia-Giulia Vintage Tunina 2006
46 - 93 - $28 - Warwick Estate Reserve Simonsberg-Stellenbosch 2005
47 - 92 - $35 - Beringer Chardonnay Napa Valley Private Reserve 2006
48 - 93 - $37 - DeLille Doyenne Aix Red Columbia Valley 2005
49 - 92 - $42 - Dierberg Pinot Noir Santa Maria Valley 2005
50 - 91 - $28 - Firriato Nero d’Avola-Syrah Sicilia Santagostino Baglio Soria 2006
51 - 90 - $17 - Fattoria di Felsina Chianti Classico Berardenga 2006
52 - 90 - $17 - Bodegas LAN Rioja Reserva 2004
53 - 90 - $18 - François Pelissié Cahors Croix du Mayne 2005
54 - 91 - $22 - Robert Eymael (Mönchhof) Riesling Kabinett Mosel Ürzig Würzgarten 2007
55 - 91 - $19 - Yalumba Viognier Eden Valley 2007
56 - 90 - $15 - St.-Urbans-Hof Riesling QbA Mosel-Saar-Ruwer 2007
57 - 90 - $16 - Sogrape Dão Callabriga 2005
58 - 90 - $20 - Louis Latour Marsannay 2005
59 - 90 - $18 - Terredora Falanghina Irpinia 2007
60 - 91 - $16 - La Sauvageonne Coteaux du Languedoc Les Ruffes 2006
61 - 93 - $30 - Januik Cabernet Sauvignon Columbia Valley 2005
62 - 93 - $30 - Neyers Syrah Sonoma Coast Old Lakeville Road 2006
63 - 93 - $30 - Montirius Vacqueyras Le Clos 2005
64 - 96 - $112 - Achával-Ferrer Malbec Mendoza Finca Altamira 2006
65 - 91 - $30 - Bodegas Muga Rioja Reserva 2004
66 - 92 - $30 - Altocedro Malbec La Consulta Reserva 2006
67 - 93 - $45 - Outpost Zinfandel Howell Mountain 2005
68 - 93 - $58 - Domaine Serene Pinot Noir Willamette Valley Evenstad Reserve 2005
69 - 94 - $85 - Hewitt Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford 2005
70 - 90 - $19 - Attems Pinot Grigio Collio 2007
71 - 90 - $20 - Bodegas Sierra Cantabria Rioja Crianza 2004
72 - 91 - $24 - Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Alsace 2006
73 - 91 - $23 - Cardwell Hill Pinot Noir Willamette Valley 2006
74 - 92 - $24 - Gemtree Shiraz McLaren Vale Uncut 2006
75 - 90 - $19 - Suavia Soave Classico 2007
76 - 90 - $25 - Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi Chianti Rufina Castello di Nipozzano Riserva 2005
77 - 91 - $38 - Duval-Leroy Brut Champagne NV
78 - 90 - $17 - Domaine de Nizas Coteaux du Languedoc 2004
79 - 90 - $24 - Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt Riesling Kabinett Mosel Piesporter Goldtröpfchen 2007
80 - 92 - $33 - Les Verrières de Montagnac Coteaux du Languedoc Clos des Soutyères 2006
81 - 91 - $32 - Querciabella Chianti Classico 2006
82 - 93 - $35 - Luca Malbec Uco Valley 2007
83 - 92 - $35 - Two Hands Shiraz McLaren Vale Angels Share 2007
84 - 91 - $39 - Stefano Farina Barolo 2004
85 - 93 - $55 - Ghost Block Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville 2005
86 - 90 - $16 - Adegas Morgadío Albariño Rias Baixas Legado del Conde 2007
87 - 92 - $42 - William Fèvre Chablis Montmains 2005
88 - 92 - $40 - Château de St.-Cosme Gigondas 2006
89 - 90 - $18 - Stadt Krems Grüner Veltliner Qualitätswein Trocken Kremstal Sandgrube 2006
90 - 90 - $24 - Churchill Douro Churchill Estates 2006
91 - 90 - $27 - Golan Heights Cabernet Sauvignon Galilee Yarden 2004
92 - 90 - $30 - Domaine Gilles Noblet Pouilly-Fuissé 2006
93 - 92 - $21 - Meinhard Forstreiter Grüner Veltliner Qualitätswein Trocken Kremstal Schiefer 2006
94 - 93 - $65 - Château Giscours Margaux 2005
95 - 96 - $135 - Merus Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2005
96 - 93 - $60 - Cabreo Toscana Il Borgo 2006
97 - 91 - $50 - Vincent Girardin Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2005
98 - 92 - $32 - Niepoort Douro Vertente 2005
99 - 93 - $62 - Domaine Clusel-Roch Côte-Rôtie 2005
100 - 94 - $55 - Konzelmann Vidal Niagara Peninsula Ice Wine 2006 (375 ml)

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