Top Ten Wines of the Year

[Jeff Leve]

2016 was a great year of wine. While my top ten list has some of the usual suspects, I think there were at lest a few surprises this year.

What were your top ten wines from 2016?

http://www.thewinecellarinsider.com/201 ... sted-2016/

[tim]

My top ten were:

10. 1986 La Conseillante
9. 1950 Yquem
8. 1961 Leoville Las Cases
7. 1921 Palmer
6. 1988 Mouton
5. 1989 Haut Brion Blanc
4. 1934 Leoville Las Cases
3. 1950 La Mission Haut Brion
2. 1996 Chateau Margaux
1. 1964 Cheval Blanc

All but two were with BWE connections (current or absent). In fact five of them were with Comte Flaneur.

[Blanquito]

Two of my top 10 were courtesy of Stuart: the 82 Lafleur and the 82 Haut Brion.

Others include:
1971 Climens
1971 Produttori Barbaresco Ovello Tartufo
1990 GPL
1990 Leoville Poyferre
1982 Beychevelle
1986 Rausan Segla
1981 LdH Tondonia Gran Reserva
2001 Guigal Et Voto Hermitage

[JimHow]

Off the top of my head -- I'm sure I'm missing some -- because I've had so many spectacular wines in 2016:

10. 1990 Leoville Las Cases
9. 2012 Selbach-Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Eiswein
8. 1990 Beausejour Duffau
7. 1996 Pol Roger Winston Churchill
6. 1989 Lynch Bages
5. 1982 Gruaud Larose
4. 1990 La Conseillante
3. 1989 La Conseillante
2. 2008 Dal Forno Romano Amarone
1. 1982 Mouton Rothschild

[tim]

1990 Beausejour Duffau is still on my wish list, if only to find out what all the fuss is about.

[SF Ed]

Can't build a list off the top of my head, but no question that my #1 is the same as Tim. Great wine is even better when you share it. Thanks Tim!

SF Ed

[Nicklasss]

I have to think about it and look my notes.

But for sure 1990 Chateau La Conseillante, 1990 Chateau Beauséjour-Duffau and 2008 Dal Forno Amarone are there.

What else?

Nic

[DavidG]

In alphabetical order, I would have a tough time ranking them as they were great in different ways. I'm in an Old World state of mind as I think about this. Ask me tomorrow, I might be in a New World state of mind and list 10 others.

2009 Allemand Reynard
2000 Angelus
1989 Beaucastel
1988 Climens
1989 Conseillante
1955 Haut Brion
1988 Krug
1989 Montrose
1989 Pichon Baron
2001 Yquem

[Comte Flaneur]

Congratulations Jeff that is some list. I compiled my H1 2016 top 100 list here:

http://comteflaneur.blogspot.co.uk

My top ten wines in the first half were all Bordeaux:

10 Chateau Leoville-Lascases 1982
9 Chateau Margaux 1982
8 Chateau Margaux 1999
7 Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2010
6 Chateau Leoville-Lascases 1961
5 Chateau Margaux 1990
4 Chateau Margaux 1961
3 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1998
2 Chateau Margaux 1996
1 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild 2009

H2 was better than H1 and in the top ten would be the likes of Mouton 82, Latour 82, Yquem 76' Yquem 71, Noël Verset Cornas 1998, Robert Jasmin Cote Rotie 1990, Chave Hermitage 1982 en mag, Gaja Barbaresco Sori San Lorenzo 1989 and Giacomo Conterno Barolo Montfortino 1990.

Tonight we opened up Mouton 1996. I think it will be a beauty.



Merry Christmas to all our BWE friends..

[greatbxfreak]

Here is my list:

1. Montrose 1990 100p
2. Latour 2000 100p
3. Lafleur 2000 100p
4. Le Pin 1990 99p
5. Cheval Blanc 1990 99p
6. Lafite 2000 99p
7. Montrose 2010 99p
8. Yquem 1986 98p
9. T. Roteboeuf 2000 98p
10. Certan de May 1982 98p

Merry Christmas to everybody.

[Carlos Delpin]

1990 Haut Brion
1990 Mouton
1970 Figeac
2002 Krug
1996 Chave
1975 Martha's
1985 Lynch
1996 Dom
1986 Insignia
1981 Vega

[sdr]

10. 85 Krug Mesnil
9. 04 Dal Forno Amarone
8. 89 Lynch Bages
7. 82 Pichon Lalande
6. 82 Latour
5. 53 La Mission
4. 90 Montrose
3. 06 Masseto
2. 82 Mouton
1. 71 Yquem

[Comte Flaneur]

My H2 2016 top ten

10. Gaja Barbaresco Sori Tilden 1989
9. Chave Hermitage 1982 mag
8. DRC Richebourg 1995
7. Chateau D'Yquem 1971
6. Giacomo Conterno Barolo Montfortino 1990
5. Chateau Latour 1982
4. Chateau D'Yquem 1976
3. Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1982
2. Hermitage La Chapelle 1978
1. Chateau Lafite 1929

[Blanquito]

1971 is my birth year. Just sayin'.

[tim]

1971 is my birth year. Just sayin'.

Based on this thread, you need to stock up on 71 Yquem....