{"id":1128,"date":"2024-12-13T08:52:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooking.catherineliew.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2024-12-13T08:52:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T08:52:28","slug":"top-or-flop-wine-spectators-top-10-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooking.catherineliew.com\/?p=1128","title":{"rendered":"Top or Flop?! WINE SPECTATOR&#8217;S Top 10 of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Use the discount code CCFREE for a one-month Free trial of Cellar Class Plus: https:\/\/www.cellarclass.com\/membership<\/p>\n<p>Check out Cellar Class to take your wine knowledge to the next level: https:\/\/www.cellarclass.com\/<br \/>\nLearn from a Master of Wine at your pace, wherever you are with Cellar Class!<\/p>\n<p>Wine Spectator Top 10 Tasting<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on &#8230;:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/konstantinbaum_mw\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.threads.net\/@konstantinbaum_mw<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@konstantinbaum_mw\" data-unique-id=\"konstantinbaum_mw\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" data-embed-type=\"creator\" style=\"max-width:780px; min-width:288px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@konstantinbaum_mw?refer=creator_embed\">@konstantinbaum_mw<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Check out my website:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.cellarclass.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.konstantinbaum.com\/<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/baumselection.com\/<\/p>\n<p>I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Ebony<br \/>\nI have used the following glass in this video: Nude Stem Zero Powerful Red<br \/>\nI have tasted the following wines in this Video: <\/p>\n<p>Top 10 &#8211; 2022 Ramey Chardonnay, Russian River Valley, USA<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/find\/ramey+chard+russian+river+valley+sonoma+county+north+coast+california+usa\/2022?referring_site=KSB <\/p>\n<p>Top 9  &#8211; 2020 G. D. Vajra Barolo Albe, Barolo DOCG, Italy<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/find\/g+d+vajra+albet+docg+barolo+piemonte+italy\/2020?referring_site=KSB <\/p>\n<p>Top 7 \u2013 2020 Domaine du Vieux T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe Ch\u00e2teauneuf-du-Pape La Crau, Rhone, France<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/find\/dom+du+vieux+telegraphe+chateauneuf+pape+la+crau+rhone+france\/2020?referring_site=KSB <\/p>\n<p>Top 6 \u2013 2022 Roserock Pinot Noir, Eola-Amity Hills, USA<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/find\/rose+rock+pinot+noir+eola+amity+hill+willamette+valley+oregon+usa\/2022?referring_site=KSB <\/p>\n<p>Top 5 \u2013 2021 Chimney Rock Cabernet Sauvignon Stags, Leap District, USA<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/find\/chimney+rock+cab+sauv+stags+leap+district+napa+valley+county+north+coast+california+usa\/2021?referring_site=KSB <\/p>\n<p>Top 3 \u2013 2021 Marchesi Antinori  Tignanello Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/find\/marchesi+antinori+tignanello+tuscany+igp+italy\/2021?referring_site=KSB <\/p>\n<p>Top 1 \u2013 2021 Concha y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet Sauvignon, Puente Alto, Chile<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.wine-searcher.com\/find\/concha+y+toro+don+melchor+cab+sauv+puente+alto+maipo+valley+chile\/2021?referring_site=KSB<\/p>\n<p>The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):<br \/>\n96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.<br \/>\n90 &#8211; 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.<br \/>\n80 &#8211; 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.<br \/>\n70 &#8211; 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.<br \/>\n60 &#8211; 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and\/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.<br \/>\n50 &#8211; 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>It is that time of the year again when the major publications publish their best of 2024 lists, and the Wine Spectator is no exception.<br \/>\nThey have made a big deal out of their top 10 wines this year and revealed them across a week to build up excitement for this selection.<br \/>\nSo my team purchased most of the Top 10 wines so that I can independently review them and determine whether Wine Spectator has selected the best wines of 2024.<br \/>\nWhile print wine media is not going through a golden age the Wine Spectator is still standing and keeping up with publishing their top 100 lists. This is the 36th version as it was established in 1988<br \/>\nTheir editors select the most \u201cexciting\u201d for that list and they write: In addition, our selection also prioritizes quality (based on score), value (based on price), and availability (based on the number of cases either made or imported into the United States). These criteria are applied to the wines that are rated outstanding (90 points or higher on Wine Spectator\u2019s 100-point scale) each year to determine our Top 100.<br \/>\nMy favorite thing about the Top 100 lists is that they are still available on the website so you can go back in time and get a glimpse of what the wine world looked like decades ago.<br \/>\n20 years ago in 2004 they had two Sauternes in the Top ten and the 2001 Rieussec won first place \u2013 that is unthinkable today, as demand for Sauternes has dropped significantly.<br \/>\nThe 2004 Top 10 was pretty international including a Chilean wine, one from Spain, three from Italy, one from the US, one from Australia, and three from France.<br \/>\nBut there was no Pinot, which would be strange today and there was no dry white wine included in the Top 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use the discount code CCFREE for a one-month Free trial of Cellar Class Plus: https:\/\/www.cellarclass.com\/membership Check out Cellar Class to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cooking.catherineliew.com\/?p=1128\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top or Flop?! 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