A few emotional standouts for me this year
2001 Mugnier Musigny
2009 Mugnier CM Les Amoureuses
1998 Ch. l’Evangile
1982 Ch. Magdelaine
2001 Ch. Rayas
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Lots of great wines so far this year, but a few that stand out in my memory:
2007 Raveneau Montee de Tonnerre
2010 Roumier Chambolle
2010 Cathiard NSG Murgers
1982 PLL (same bottle as Andy, Vince & Yule)
2020 Rousseau CSJ was the best very young Burgundy I’ve had
2000 Chevillon LSG, just in a perfect spot
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Surprising; I haven’t opened any 20 Rousseau yet, although I have a decent chunk squirreled away, may need to check in sometime soon.
I don’t drink much Grand Cru Burgundy so it’s not necessarily a high bar. It was really good, though.
Edit: I should say top shelf Burgundy, since it’s not a Grand Cru.
2025 WOTY’s
White - 2022 Roy Piper Platt Chardonnay
Red - 2000 Château Margaux Pavillon Rouge
Bubbles - 2012 Cédric Bouchard Champagne Blanc de Blancs La Bolorée
Discovery - 2023 Domaine Damien Martin Chardonnay Mâcon-Verzé
In Memoriam -
1999 Marcassin Pinot Noir Blue-Slide Ridge Vineyard
2004 La Chablisienne Chablis 1er Cru Vaillons
2004 Sine Qua Non Into the Dark
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Bumping with the beginning of December, and also to update my own list with the 2016 Huet Cuvee Constance.
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white: 2001 Hirtzberger Riesling Singerriedel
red: 1999 Noel Verset Cornas, with an honorable mention to the 1985 Pierre Barge Côte-Rôtie
dessert: 2018 Emrich-Schönleber Monzinger Halenberg Riesling Trockenbeerenauslese
discovery: Alex Loersch’s Riesling lineup from Kabinett to Auslese. (There’s an Eiswein on deck, perhaps for later this month.)
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So hard to choose.
Red:
1959 Château Brane-Cantenac. This had no business being so good.
White:
2021 François Raveneau Cru Montée de Tonnerre; started slow, but finished strong
Surprised by how few still whites I opened this year. Maybe that’s just the family’s preference for champagne showing through.
Champagne:
2002 Ruinart Champagne Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs
Laurent-Perrier Champagne Grand Siècle Iteration 14 (1988, 1985, and 1982)
Old white label Krug Grande Cuvée, disgorged sometime between 1982 and 1995, likely based on vintages from the 1970s or early 1980s.,
Discoveries OTY:
NV Goodfellow Blanc de Blancs Durant Vineyard
NV Kobayashi Winery Pinot Noir Nikko Celilo Vineyard (Sparkling)
Surprise OTY:
1972 Château Magdelaine; dismal vintage, outstanding bottle
Co-winner of Discovery, Surprise and COTY:
NV José Michel Champagne Hommage. That one came out of nowhere and really impressed everyone.
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I’ll add one then:
2015 Goodfellow Heritage No. 4.
A halt you in your tracks excellent Oregon pinot noir.
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2006 Taittinger CdC
2007 Taittinger CdC Rose
2008 Delamotte
2014 Domaine Bernard Moreau Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot
2001 Truchot GC Combottes
1999 Mugneret-Gibourg Echezeaux
2001 Clos des Lambrays
2001 Joseph Drouhin Bonnes Mares
1979 Ridge Zin Langtry Road
1988 Chateau Rieussec
2019 Weingut Reinhold Haart Piesporter Goldtröpfchen Auslese Auction
I would put the 1988 Rieussec and two other 18988 Sauternes (Suduiraut and Guiraud) we had one night as my discovery of the year. Really showed how well Sauternes taste with age (and not just Yquem) and what a great vintage 1988 was.
Red
2008 Roagna Crichet Paje
Honorable Mentions:
1982 Margaux
2000 Monfortino
2012 Sky Zin old vines
2014 Hudelot Noellat RSV
2017 Cecile Tremblay VR
2021 Bond Quella
2023 Mowe Reserve
White
2023 Mowe Sauvignon Blanc
Honorable Mentions:
2014 Keller Von der Fels
2015 Raveneau Valmur
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happy to see this here has been a wishlist wine for me for a while. Is this still peaking in 750 or do you recommend mag?
I think it’s at peak but not at risk of falling apart anytime soon. My last note mentioned hint of hazelnut and a light oxidative edge, which to me suggests it’s aging well.
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96 Salon was my WOTY.
Discovery of the year was Haliotide BdB of any vintage. The purity of fruit was INSANE.
Wine of the Year: 2023 Mowe Sauvignon Blanc.
Discovery of the Year: 2023 A. Aitch Rutherford Cabernet.
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Red: 1955 Château Lafon-Rochet
White: 2015 Domaine Jean Chartron Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos du Cailleret
Sparkling: Savart Champagne Premier Cru L’Accomplie Extra Brut Vieilles Vignes
Honorable Mentions
1981 Domaine Bachelet-Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet
2012 Schloss Lieser Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Riesling Spätlese
2018 Enfield Wine Co. Syrah Haynes Vineyard
2019 Favia Viognier Suize
2021 Enfield Wine Co. Grenache Brosseau Vineyard
Discoveries:
2013 Domaine Gourt de Mautens (Jérôme Bressy) Vaucluse Rouge
2017 Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon Mâcon-Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette
2019 Les Granges Paquenesses Côtes du Jura Les Trouillots
Not getting in on that Kobayashi sparkling is my Regret OTY.
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They’re planning to step up their sparkling game, so you’ll have more opportunities.
After a recent assembly of the wine gang in Vienna, I have to add three wines to the list:
Raveneau Clos 19 - had this blind, and it was absolutely as stunning as I remember the '20 from earlier in the year. Incredible how well these are showing despite the young age (albeit both had a lot of air before drinking)
Monfortino 1974 and Giacosa Barolo Collina Rionda 1974 - side by side at a vintage Barolo tasting. Both in absolute immaculate condition, and both showing extraordinarily well. Both still loaded with fruit, and the Monfortino with the signature chewy-ness and density, and the Giacosa with an elegance and grace you only get from proper mature wines. Stunning set.
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