Wine Spectator Top 100 Thread

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There it is!

And my apologies Jon Glas, i must have been thinking of another thread. Sorry about that!

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Thanks for the vindication tag. Happy to see it receive recognition.

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It’s a very 2007 top ten list.

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So much for new and exciting. No whites (xc Crystal), No pinots. QC has been on the list multiple times as has Antinori. And always a CdP from a big house. They gave higher scores to many wines with similar case production and lower pricing.

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Thanks and great meeting you that day. It was an awesome event Brian hosted and a great way to celebrate the topping off of his cellar project we all enjoyed watching

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Hard to believe with all the wines half the price of Quilceda Creek from Washington that they are never on in the top 10.

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#3 was a Hyde Chardonnay. I never understand the pearl clutching outrage with the list. We all know taste is a subjective thing. It’s merely a list of very good, well made wines they’ve chosen to highlight

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Great top ten list. I always look forward to WS’s Top 100. Always discover something new and am reminded of producers I haven’t tasted for a while. I’ll need to grab some Quilceda Creek. It’s been a few years. Can’t wait to see the full list.

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I’m surprised SBC got snubbed entirely from the top 100. Not a single wine. I’m guessing the 2020s can make next years list? I would have though Tensley CC would have been somewhere near the top along with a handful of others that got great press.

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That is fine then we can enjoy a good wine and not worry about it selling out as fast.

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Quilceda Creek is on that list almost every 3 years. How about having some new producers on that top 10. Same rotating list over the years.

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Or 2010, 14 what ever else. I get these are all good wines (most of them anyway) but get some variety please.

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Yeah, but if you’ve got it, you’ve got it.

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I will drink 5 Result of a Crush 2019 Merlot/Cab blends any day over 1 Quilceda. More balanced and better use of oak on the wines.

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And that’s your choice. But what’s the case production on the Result of a Crush? There’s an availability component of the WS list.

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Okay? Um. Congratulations?

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David,

There’s at least one wine on that list - a canned wine from SLO County - that is only 410 cases . . .

Cheers

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Does every region need to be mentioned every single vintage? I don’t see Michigan throwing a fit over here.

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I was specifically referring to John’s takedown of the Quilceda selection.

That said, I suspect the canned wine is a nod to novelty and perhaps looking for emerging trends.

And availability is an element.

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Sao,

No, not every region needs to be mentioned each vintage . . . but it does seem unusual that a region like Santa Barbara County has zero mentions, and Paso has just one.

Were the ones of ‘lesser quality’ than in the past? I would venture to say that they weren’t . . .

Cheers.

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