HIS thoughts on wines of the year for 2013

[Bacchus]

Robert Parker’s Guide to the Best of 2013

Best of 2013: Current Release Wines

Turnbull Wine Cellars 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Fortuna Vineyard Oakville ($100)
(Red) Rating:100

Beausejour Duffau 2010 St.-Emilion ($305-$999) (Red) Rating:100

Peter Michael 2010 Chardonnay Cuvee Indigene Knights Valley ($120) (White)
Rating: 95

Best of 2013: Greatest Value Wines of the Year

Bodegas Borsao 2012 Tres Picos Campo de Borja ($18) (Red) Rating:92

Jorge Ordonez & Co. 2012 Botani Sierras de Malaga ($18) (White) Rating:90

Gassier-Cambie-Solomon 2012 Cercius Vieilles Vignes Côtes du Rhône ($17) (Red)
Rating:90

Best of 2013: Greatest Wine Drinking Experiences

Lafleur 1982 Pomerol

La Mission Haut-Brion 1961 Pessac-Leognan

Mayacamas 1970 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa

[Nicklasss]

The 1982 Château Lafleur that SdR shared with me in 2012 was one of the best wine tasting/drinking experience of my last 20 years!

Nic

[DavidG]

That goes back to what, Nic, when you were 6? One of these days we'll have to stop ragging you about your youth. I mean you've got a bunch of kids already. But old habits die hard.

Most of my best-ever wine drinking experiences have been associated with BWE events, notably provided by guys like Tom, Stuart, Jim, Tim, Michael P, Peter and Richard and the lost boys of San Francisco - and I'm sure I'm leaving some out, and of course our 2005 tour to Bordeaux and Burgundy.

Thanks to you all for another wonderful year.