Therefore it is also paramount to read the tasting note and take heed of drink dates. Wines that achieve the perfect score can be, perhaps paradoxically, both young and old with judges looking for excellence at that time as well as potential to stay the course. Value can be especially important with en primeur campaigns – such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhône and Napa Valley with collectors looking to secure good value, ageworthy wines at the best prices. Price is also considered in relation to score when identifying a wine as the best and many tasting compilations looking at the top-scoring wines under £50 (weekend drinking) and £20 (weekday drinking) are among the most popular pieces of content with consumers looking to get the balance between quality and cost just right. We also collate all the highest-scoring wines from our panel tastings which, again, can suggest the best when tasted against their counterparts but not necessarily ever achieving 100 points. Sharing bottles with friends, or opening a milestone vintage often transcends a wine’s perfection however when it comes to investing in wine or making provision for ageing capabilities the score is of the upmost importance.ĭecanter also runs a ‘ wines of the year‘ tasting in which judges submit three recommendations for ‘best wines’ based on a criteria of classic, off-beat and value. For instance see the top picks from Jane Anson, Matt Walls, Michaela Morris and Matthew Luczy in 2020. Quite often when Decanter asks experts for their ‘wines of the year’ those that gave the most joy or are representative of a certain feeling and time will feature, even if they don’t technically achieve the pinnacle on the point scale. ‘More technically, it’s about the feeling of intensity or energy continuing even after the wine has left your mouth.’ Favourite wines Jane Anson says the best wine is ‘where wine pushes from being technically brilliant to giving an emotional reaction – where everything but nothing stands out.
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September releases 2022: full score tableįor Charles Curtis MW, he says ‘there are many characteristics that set good and great wines apart from the average, but the ‘best’ wine gives off an intangible frisson of excitement and fires the imagination in a way that transcends important physical elements such as the density and concentration of extract, powerful tannic grip, and the exquisite balance between sugar, acidity, and alcohol: it is a wine that makes you dream.’.Rhône 2021 score table: top white wines.
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