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Our blind reviewers tasted 23,000 wines this year. Boiling this down to The Enthusiast 100 is no mean feat.
As usual, our list features a number of upper-echelon price points, such as the nearly $400 Blandy’s Sercial Madeira from 1988, the $300 Napa, Champagne and Bordeaux in the $200 range. There are more than 25 others are representing the $100-and-up range, from Spain’s Ribera del Duero and Portugal’s Alentejo to Australia’s Barossa Valley and Oregon’s Rogue Valley. But The Enthusiast 100 isn’t just for deep-pocketed collectors: This list feature 14 wines priced $30 and under. Most significantly, this showcase serves those who appreciate wines from the entire globe. More than 14 countries grace the 2024 Wine Enthusiast 100.
So please use this as a reference for buying wines, of course, but also as a map to plot your next wine country adventure. Because when any winery achieves this recognition, you can be confident that their neighbors are approaching similarly brilliant results. |
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Editors' Choice |
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This is easily one of the best sparkling wines I had in 2023. After resting for 10 years on its lees before disgorgement, the wine has developed rich aromas of yellow apples, ripe Oregon white truffles and melted Gruyère cheese. |
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The nose is primarily savory, with aromas of old leather, dirt and mixed spices, like a general store in the Old West with cherry and licorice candy in bins. |
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Winemaker Jordan Fiorentini is using every tool in her belt, from the vineyards to the cellar, to create some of the best wines anywhere right now. |
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2022 was on the warm side and this bottling of one of Margaret River's top Chards offers less of the reductive struck match and roasted-nut aromas of past vintages. |
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When the aroma of a pork chop rubbed with a mild spice and orange zest intersects with dark cherries and blackberries, we have a party. |
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A wine of history and pure joy, this watermelon Jolly Rancher-colored sparkling wine bursts out of the glass with aromas of wild strawberry, green herbs and candied rose petals. |
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Wow! This ice wine's strawberry gelato and quince paste aromas are a perfect sweet and tart one-two punch. |
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A lovely core of ripe berry makes for a creamy and approachable nose on this bottling, which is just the start of its pleasures. |
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A mix of black fruits spun through with stimulating and flavorful spices fill the mouth with juicy and savory flavors. |
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A well-made Carménère that doesn't need makeup to hide its nature and instead appeals to honest fruit flavors and subtle herbs, offering a delicious experience. |
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With aromas of cassis, plum, wild strawberry, rhubarb, beef stock, and wild thyme, this wine offers a complex bouquet. Drying tannins coat the mouth, balanced by acidity that prevents excessive puckering. |
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Smooth and relaxed, this elegant wine coats the palate with peaches, poached pears, butter and toast without overdoing any of them. |
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Editors' Choice |
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It leads with zesty lemon and guava aromas that are tempered by notes of wet slate and macadamia nuts drizzled in honey. |
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The village of Les Riceys, famed for its rosé wine, is widely planted with Pinot Noir. In this Champagne, the aroma has depth and shows the wines's ripe fruits. |
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This wine is zesty, lush, with aromas of pineapple, cantaloupe, apricot, white peach, white flowers, white tea, citrus blossoms. |
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This wine is fresh, with aromas of pineapple, citrus, green apple and mineral. The palate offers pink grapefruit, red apple and lemon zest, interwoven with cucumber, sedimentary rock and a long, mouthwatering finish. |
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