BEST Wines of 2023 – A Master of Wine’s Selection of the most memorable wines of the year
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I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: Zieher “Fresh”
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
2006 Pierre Moncuit Grand Cru Blanc de Blanc Champagne France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/pierre+moncuit+grand+cru+blancdeblanc+brut+millesime+champagne+france/2006?referring_site=KSB
2022 Pio Cesare LâAltro Langhe Chardonnay Italy
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/pio+cesare+l+altro+chard+piemonte+italy/2022?referring_site=KSB
2010 Prager Achleiten GrĂŒner Veltliner Stockkultur Smaragd Wachau Austria
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/prager+stockkultur+achtleiten+gruner+veltliner+smaragd+wachau+austria/2010?referring_site=KSB
2012 Vina Tondonia Blanco Reserva Rioja Spain
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/r+lopez+de+heredia+vina+tondonia+rsrv+blanco+doca+rioja+alta+spain/2012?referring_site=KSB
1998 Tyrellâs Vat 1 Semillon Hunter Valley Australia
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/tyrrells+vat+one+semillon+hunter+valley+new+south+wales+australia/1998?referring_site=KSB
2017 Keller Pettenthal Riesling Rheinhessen Germany
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/keller+pettental+riesling+grosses+gewachs+nierstein+rheinterrasse+rheinhessen+germany/2017?referring_site=KSB
1997 Landrat Guyollot La Rambarde Pouilly Fumé France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/dom+landrat+guyollot+la+rambarde+pouilly+fume+upper+loire+france?referring_site=KSB
2022 Booskloof Patatsfontain Steen Montagu South Africa
Matsunotsukasa Kimoto Junmai Japan
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/matsu+no+tsukasa+kimoto+sake+junmai+japan?referring_site=KSB
2021 Bernhard Huber Schlossberg SpÀtburgunder Grosses GewÀchs Baden Germany
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/bernhard+huber+r+schloss+berg+spatburgunder+pinot+noir+grosses+gewachs+baden+germany/2021?referring_site=KSB
2019 Montille Hokkaido Pinot Noir Japan
2019 Boscarelli Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Il Nocio Italy
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/boscarelli+nocio+dei+docg+nobile+di+montepulciano+tuscany+italy/2019?referring_site=KSB
2019 Dunn Vineyards Howell Mountain Napa Valley USA
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/dunn+cab+sauv+howell+mnt+napa+valley+county+north+coast+california+usa/2019?referring_site=KSB
2010 Pontet-Canet Pauillac France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/pontet+canet+pauillac+medoc+bordeaux+france/2010?referring_site=KSB
2020 Egon MĂŒller Scharzhofberger Riesling Kabinett Mosel Germany
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/egon+muller+scharzhofberger+riesling+kabinett+wiltingen+saar+mosel+germany/2020?referring_site=KSB
The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 – 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 – 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 – 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 – 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 – 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.
The cold winter has given me a cold and if I cannot smell I travel through my wine memories. That means it is the perfect time for my wines of 2023 â the good the bad and the ugly. Or rather the wines I remember. 2023 has been a good year for me as I have tasted thousands of wines. On my mission to taste I travelled to California, Georgia, several times to Italy, France and the growing regions of Germany, and, believe it or not England.
There is no chance that I can talk about all these experiences here and I am therefore going to focus on the ones that really stood out â mostly because they were very good. There were many bangers â cult, unicorn wines that are very hard to get â amongst the wines I tased, but I also want to talk about wines that offer great value at affordable prices. This is not all though. At the end I am going to share with you, which wines I am going to drink in 2024.