Best wines of year

[joeyz6]

For fun, what are everybody's Top 10 wines you tasted in 2004? Red, white, rose, sparkling, fortified ... France, Italy, USA, any style or region!

I'll post my own after I look over my tasting notes.

[dananne]

In no particular order . . .

2001 Martinelli Bondi Home Ranch Water Trough Vineyard Pinot Noir
1999 Vision Cellars Pinot Noir
1999 Daniel Gehrs Santa Barbara Pinot Noir
1998 Abacela Tempranillo
2000 Domaine Serene Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir
2000 Numanthia Termes Toro
1994 Bodegas Marques de Murrieta Ygay Gran Reserva Rioja
2001 Las Rocas de San Alejandro Vinas Viejas
1999 Rene Mure Clos St. Landelin Alsace Pinot Noir
And, a personal fave, though nothing really special . . . Hardy's Whiskers Blake Tawny Port

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[Innkeeper]

Best 10 from both “cellar” and “rotation”:
Does not include any consumed away from home.

From the “cellar”:
1989 Val di Suga, Brunello di Montalcino
1998 Buil & Gine, Gine-Gine. Priorat
1998 Chateau Moine Lalande, Lalande de Pomerol
2001 Marc Deschamps, Les Porcheronnes, Pouilly Fume’
1998 Tobin James, James Gang Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon
1998 Tobin James. Estate Private Stash
2000 Tobin James, James Gang Reserve, Zinfandel
2000 Tobin James, Dusi Vinyard, Zinfandel.
2001 Tobin James, French Camp, Zinfandel
1997 Terre Rouge, Noir, Sierra Foothills

From “Rotation”:
2001 Nugan Family, Third Generation, Cabernet Sauvignon, South Eastern Australia
2001 Coopers Creek, Gisborne, Unoaked Chardonnay
2000 Enotria, Mendocino, Barbera
2000 Easton Shenandoah Valley (CA) Barbera
2001 Bortoluzzi, Pinot Grigio, Isonzo Del Friuli
1999 Chateau d'Epire, Cuvee Speciale, Savennieres
2001 Domaine Des Roches Neuves, Germain, Saumur Champigny
1997 Philip Staley, Russian River Valley, Staley Vineyard, Mourvedre
1999 Robert Talbott, Logan, Pinot Noir, Sleepy Hollow Vineyard
2001 Tobin James, Paso Robles, Rock-N-Roll, Syrah

[joeyz6]

I decided to just take the top 10 wines I've had since I got here to California ... because I don't have my tasting notes from the previous 7 months of the year.

1. 1999 Peter Michael Belle Cote Chardonnay
2. 2001 ZD Napa Cab Reserve
3. 2001 Duckhorn Monitor Ledge Vineyard Cab
4. 2001 Chateau St. Jean Petite Etoile Sauv Blanc
5 & 5a. 2001 Cosentino Napa Cab and 2001 Cosentino Napa Reserve Cab
6. 2001 Navarro Pinot Noir Methode a l'Ancienne
7. 2001 Pine Ridge Stags' Leap Cab
8. 2002 Miner Family Garys' Vineyard Pinot Noir
9. 2001 La Jota Anniversary Cab
10. 2002 Grgich Hills Chardonnay

Other Mayacamas wines I DQd because I worked there: 02 Sauv Blanc, 99 Chard, 99 Merlot

Runners-up (in no particular order):
1994 Mondavi Reserve Cab
2001 Opus One
2000 Shafer Hillside Select Cab
2003 Geyser Peak Sauv Blanc (incredible value for $8)
1997 Caymus Sauvignon Blanc
1999 Paradigm Cab


& so many others from earlier in the year!! Wish I had my notebook...

[californiagirl]

Since I'm awful with keeping a journal, despite KC's protests, these are the lists of those that stick out in my mind, in no particular order:

1987 Grgich Hills Cabernet Napa
1999 Paraduxx
1999 Lewelling Cabernet
2001 Tobin James Radiance Chardonnay
Glenora Dry Reisling
Dr. K. Frank Reisling
1995 Mayacamas Merlot
2001 Tobin James Syrah
2001 Novy Syrah
2001 Michael David Earthquake Zinfandel

and lastly- Sandeman's 20 yr Tawny and 1977 Barros Colheita for desert

I'm sure I could go on...

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[Bucko]

1912 Taylor Port
1927 Niepoort Port
1931 Quinta do Noval
1945 Croft Port
1948 Fonseca Port
1947 Huet Vouvray, Le Haut Lieu, Moelleux
1985 Chateau Rayas CdP
1989 Chateau de Beaucastel CdP
1995 Vieux Telegraphe CdP
2001 McCrea Cellars Syrah, Boushey Grande Côte Vineyard

[wondersofwine]

I'll post later in the week after looking at my notes. I'll probably not list ones from tastings where I only had like a 1-2 oz. pour. One that I know will make the list is the 2001 Chevillon Nuits-St-Georges "Les Vaucrains."

Well, I think I got it together but I'm going to list 12 not necessarily in order top to bottom.

2001 Robert Chevillion Nuits St. Georges "Les
Vaucrains" (Burgundy)
2000 Jayer-Gilles Cote de Nuits Villages
(Burgundy)
1999? Ciacci Piccolomini Ateo, Tuscany
(Sangiovese/Cabernet Sauvignon blend)
2002 Ridge Lytton Springs Zinfandel
2001? Ridge Paso Robles Zinfandel (Dusi
(Ranch)
2002 Seghesio Sonoma Zinfandel
10-year old Niepoort Tawny Port
30-year old Graham's Tawny Port
2002 Torii Mor Pinot Noir (Oregon)
2002 Gunderloch Nackenheimer Rothenberg
Riesling Auslese (Rheinhessen)
2002 Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, New
Zealand
2000 Domaine Fournier Grand Cuvee Sauvignon
Blanc, Loire Valley, France

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[stevebody]

In no particular order:

Newton Napa Cab 2000
L'Ecole No. 41 Walla Walla Cab '99
Moon Mountain Reserve Cab '00
Peter Lehmann Stonewall Shiraz '97
Il Borro '99
Masi Serego Allegheri Amarone '90
K Syrah Milburn '99
Teofilo Reyes RdD '98
Grey Monk Rotberger Rose '00 (guilty pleasure)
Neal Family Cab '99
Delille D2

[TheEngineer]

Okay, Newbie response here.

(1) 2000 Inniskillin Sparkling Icewine (CDN-Niagara)
(2) 2000 Chateau Pichon Longueville (FR-Bordeaux)
(3) 1995 Chateau Gruaud Larose (FR-Bordeaux)
(4) 2000 Morey St Denis (FR-Burgundy)
(5) 2002 Cave Spring Icewine (CDN-Niagara)
(6) 2001 Wolfer goldgrube Riesling Spatlese (GRMY)
(7) 2002 Dr. Loosen Urziger Erdenel Pralat Riesling Aulese (GRMY)
(8) 2000 Fontana Fredda Barolo (ITL)
(9) 1994 Bodegas Campillo Gran Reserva Rioja (SPN)
(10) 2002 Renato Ratti, Ochetti, Nebbiolo D'Alba (ITL).

A varied list from a newbie.

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[californiagirl]

Sounds like a list wow would love! Welcome aboard TE!

[joeyz6]

Engineer, that's a great list for people of any level of experience!

[winoweenie]

After much hard reflection they be the last 10 I done drunk. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]

[Kcwhippet]

That's pretty much why I haven't posted a list. Had a lot of wines this year, liked almost all.

[hotwine]

Yeah, same here. And what's "this year's list" consist of, since some wines are three years old (and maybe more) when they hit the shelves? I've enjoyed a lot of nice juice, and dumped a few losers..... every drop's a learning experience.