OK. Finally done. Because there was such a delay at my end, I bent my usual rule and allowed latecomers choices to be included. We ended up with 620 wines to consider.
It should come as no surprise that a Champagne rules the roost again. The 2008 Taittinger Comtes de Champagne is the winner with 4 mentions.
Four-way tie for 2nd with 3 votes each.
2008 Chateau Rayas
1982 Mouton-Rothschild
2010 Lopez De Heredia Vina Tondonia Rosado
1997 Ridge Monte Bello
In terms of house numbers, some of the usual suspects are in play. I will list all houses with 5 mentions or more
DRC â 15
Krug â 13
Taittinger â 12
Dom â 11
Lopez de Heredia â 9
DâYquem â 8 (actually a little low for them historically)
Ridge â 8
JJ Prum â 7
Domaine Leflaive â 7 (nice comeback for them after a couple lean years here and there)
Rayas â 7
Coche-Dury â 7
Allemand â 6
Haut Brion â 6 (Ilkka had a lot more, lucky dog , but I chose to pare his list of those down a little for tabulation purposes)
Guigal â 6
Latour â 5
Margaux â 5
Clos Rougeard â 5
Huet â 5
Keller â 5
Trimbach â 5
Selosse â 5
Off the list entirely? Well, Bond had no mentions, nor did Maybach. No Marcassin at all. Just one Grange Hermitage (no HOG, but we rarely see notes on that). No Giacosa. At all. That was a surprise to me. Roulot just one mention and Ramonet just 2. No Egon Muller at all. And for Cristal? 4 mentions, 2 each for the 2002 and 2008 version. The other big surprise was only 3 mentions for Salon. But otherwise, a really spread-out list with a lot of producers I havenât heard of before, which is great fun.
Thanks for playing again this year everyone! To a more in-person 2022, I hope.
Mike
Weâll get started a little early and build this up as time moves along. Itâs been (regrettably?) a quieter drinking year for me with very few opportunities to be with company and/or do OLs. That doesnât mean I havenât had anything worthwhile⊠. And I certainly hope to add to this list.
2007 Chateau Rieussec (94)
2017 Louis Michel Chablis Les Grenouilles (94+)
2012 Prager Hinten den Burg Federspiel Gruner (93)
1997 Huet Le Haut Lieu Moelleux 1er Trie
1980 Mas Amiel Maury
2017 Joseph Colin Chassagne Vide Bourse
2015 Henri de Villamont Chambolle Les Feusselottes
2017 Littorai Les Larmes PN
2016 Chateau Pichon-Comtesse Reserve de la Comtesse
2017 PYCM St. Aubin Le Chateniere
1968 Fontanafredda Barolo
Iâll list my discovery as 2018 Eggo Franco, a CF by Zorzal that has been wonderful and crazy QPR.
Letâs have at it!
Sante,
Mike