Thank you for helping us navigate “Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2024” - your detailed reaction is both insightful and engaging! As a wine enthusiast with special preference for French wines especially Bordeaux, I have my disappointments regarding this list but that should come as no surprise - after all, it’s literally impossible to come up with a perfect list that would please everyone. As for this video, it should please everyone as it’s truly useful and helpful, breaking down the WS List with clarity, brilliance, and expertise. Your recommendations and takeaways are most valuable for wine enthusiasts and collectors alike. I personally appreciate how you highlighted a range of options, from daily drinkers and cellar defenders to collectible gems and cellar-worthy wines. Thanks again, John!
Thanks very much, Margaux! It was a busy day yesterday, but I wanted to get this video out timely. Very glad that you enjoyed it! Appreciate the support and kind feedback. Next year Bordeaux will be all over this list! Santé!
@@AttorneySomm You’re welcome, John! I’m glad you were able to get this video out in a timely fashion! Definitely enjoyed it from beginning to end - very impressive, indeed! Can’t wait for next year with Bordeaux lording the list (😄) and hopefully some Rhône wines, as well as good-value Burgs (sounds like an oxymoron, I know 😂), and maybe even some wines from the Jura.
"If you're wondering how I go through so much champagne, it's not because I've been celebrating extensively this fall." The way you delivered that line was hilarious. Love it. 🍾🍾🍾
It would be awesome to see a Top 100 list of your wine journey Master. I mean I watched a lot of exciting videos of yours. Only your recomendations for White wines are excellent. For example, Arneis, Greco di Trufo, Riesling, Grüner Veltliner and so on. This would be stunning to watch. Each video of your Top 100 Reds, Whites, Roses and Sparkling. I would highlight it
Thanks! I'll definitely give that some thought. The past few years I have done top 25 videos of my favorite wines of the year. I'll do that again this year. That will have red, white and sparkling. Glad you enjoyed the white recommendations!
Good morning John, Just listening to you on today's snippet about the WS list. Maybe it's me, but after a couple listens to the 7m43s-ish, commentary about drinking 2022 because it's hotter... I think you just have been slicing and dicing and editing during this piece Have a listen to your first Bordeaux wine. Always love what you do. Thanks for taking the time! Regards Danny
Thanks! Appreciate the kind feedback! Very glad you enjoy the videos! Around that point I did a jump cut with a zoom in since I didn't have a good photo to use there to hide the cut. I did end the discussion on the Bordeaux a little abruptly there because I was worried about going on a tangent. : )
Great video always very educational Last week opened 2009 dominus I liked it but my wife did not 1st dominus that we have not enjoyed am I missing something?
@@matteoingrao6080 Thank you kindly! Cheers! That is strange re Dominus. You liked it but she didn’t? That is certainly a strong vintage. If stored well and no flaws it’s should be in a great place now. Did your wife say why she did not like it?
Fair review and agree your comments, but lack of German wines is a stand out, here's a comparison of WS/JS lists: WS JS Argentina 3 6 Australia 2 5 Austria 1 4 Chile 4 6 France 16 18 Germany 1 12 Hungary 1 Israel 1 Italy 19 26 NZ 4 Portugul 3 South Africa 1 1 Spain 7 6 USA 37 15 China 1 100 100 Europe 48 66
Thanks for a very interesting comparison. The wine world has gotten too large with way too many wineries. I imagine that it could be possible that WS/JS could do two lists with no overlap at all...
I am always curious about any Top 100 list. I recall a year when I had the definite feeling that WS had suddenly realized that Syrah was being grown in California. I look at these Top 100 lists as a vague guide to what area/country may have had a very good growing season.
1:35. I hear you. As I said on a conference call on an M&A deal only a couple of weeks ago "Can the accountants populate the tables in Schedule 3 of the SPA because let's face it no one wants to go through the embarrassment of watching the lawyers trying to do the maths*" *"maths" is what we English types call "math".
Very little love for syrah/shiraz in the list. I counted 2 with any in at all. Bin 389 2022 vs RP100 point 2022 Standish Lamella? I guess availability is part of the calculation..
I occasionally tell friends that a small part of my love for Syrah/Shiraz comes from the simple fact that Syrah/Shiraz can deliver quality without doing near as much damage to the bank account as Cab can so easily do.
@@AttorneySomm While the price of some halo Napa Cabs and left bank Bordeaux wines are certainly steep these days, there are a few Aussie Shiraz examples which I wouldn't exactly describe as cheap :D
@ yeah, these type of lists, even the Sacklins one are always surface level, top floating stuff. these are wines you see at the wine shop of the center of the village when you arrive at destination. never deep cuts, never true gems…
@@greenwood130 Appreciate your input. Reviewing them can identify helpful themes and trends for wine collectors, which is why I focus on observations or takeaways from the lists in the videos. In addition, there are usually a handful of wines out of the 100 that I think are worth adding to the cellar, which I reveal in the videos. Cheers!
@ I appreciate how you cut through the noise and focus on what really matters for those who actually enjoy drinking the wine. Keep up the quality videos
I recall when it seemed like WS had become alarmed by the influence their Top 100 list had. They started looking for wines with reasonably large production which must have cut down on the angry mail they got for recommending unobtainable wines. But then they would also do a list of the top 100 scoring wines, no matter price or availability, and also a top 100 Best Buy list. I haven't looked in a while, I hope they still do all three lists. And then there are other people or media outlets doing their own top 100. I appreciate them all.
I subscribe to WS and have, in the past, paid attention to the WS100. No longer. It’s ludicrous! You could make a credible list with literally thousands of other wines. And it fetishizes (and jacks the prices) of a handful of wines. Anyway, finding other things to pay attention to. Cheers!
@@baggrabb I dropped my subscription a number of years ago. No regrets! But I do enjoy analyzing these lists for themes and letting people know my favorites. This year there weren’t many. 😂
@rvp--I find Don Melchor on the Green, bell pepper side. Not a flavor I like, but I understand the nuance as a "complexity", like a slight "bretty" flavor, which I like(Gruaud Larose)
Thank you for helping us navigate “Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2024” - your detailed reaction is both insightful and engaging! As a wine enthusiast with special preference for French wines especially Bordeaux, I have my disappointments regarding this list but that should come as no surprise - after all, it’s literally impossible to come up with a perfect list that would please everyone. As for this video, it should please everyone as it’s truly useful and helpful, breaking down the WS List with clarity, brilliance, and expertise. Your recommendations and takeaways are most valuable for wine enthusiasts and collectors alike. I personally appreciate how you highlighted a range of options, from daily drinkers and cellar defenders to collectible gems and cellar-worthy wines. Thanks again, John!
Thanks very much, Margaux! It was a busy day yesterday, but I wanted to get this video out timely. Very glad that you enjoyed it! Appreciate the support and kind feedback. Next year Bordeaux will be all over this list! Santé!
@@AttorneySomm You’re welcome, John! I’m glad you were able to get this video out in a timely fashion! Definitely enjoyed it from beginning to end - very impressive, indeed! Can’t wait for next year with Bordeaux lording the list (😄) and hopefully some Rhône wines, as well as good-value Burgs (sounds like an oxymoron, I know 😂), and maybe even some wines from the Jura.
@@margauxml Now you may be pushing it! 🤣 But you never know, they did have a txakoli this year . . .
@@AttorneySomm😂😂 They really had a Txakoli in the list last year?
@ This year. 2024. I discuss it in the video.
"If you're wondering how I go through so much champagne, it's not because I've been celebrating extensively this fall." The way you delivered that line was hilarious. Love it. 🍾🍾🍾
Ha! 😅 Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you kindly! Cheers!
Agree Tondonia 2010 is a far better vintage than 2011 although if your patient it does express quality after some time in the glass
@@checkthetapes1696 Thank you! Agreed.
It would be awesome to see a Top 100 list of your wine journey Master. I mean I watched a lot of exciting videos of yours. Only your recomendations for White wines are excellent. For example, Arneis, Greco di Trufo, Riesling, Grüner Veltliner and so on. This would be stunning to watch. Each video of your Top 100 Reds, Whites, Roses and Sparkling. I would highlight it
Thanks! I'll definitely give that some thought. The past few years I have done top 25 videos of my favorite wines of the year. I'll do that again this year. That will have red, white and sparkling. Glad you enjoyed the white recommendations!
Thanks for the fantastic analysis. Love anything from VIK Wine. WS Top 100 Video analysis is next on my list.
Thank you! Yes, Vik does a fantastic job! 👍🍷
Well done sir!
@@gregmccain343 Thank you kindly! Cheers!
Good morning John,
Just listening to you on today's snippet about the WS list.
Maybe it's me, but after a couple listens to the 7m43s-ish, commentary about drinking 2022 because it's hotter... I think you just have been slicing and dicing and editing during this piece
Have a listen to your first Bordeaux wine.
Always love what you do.
Thanks for taking the time!
Regards
Danny
Thanks! Appreciate the kind feedback! Very glad you enjoy the videos!
Around that point I did a jump cut with a zoom in since I didn't have a good photo to use there to hide the cut. I did end the discussion on the Bordeaux a little abruptly there because I was worried about going on a tangent. : )
Completely agree with you about the 2010 vs 2011 Vina Tondonia Reserva. Cheers
@@armandofajardo1583 Thanks very much! Cheers! 👍🍷
2010 always seems to win in Spain, France, Italy
@ Yes! A generally strong vintage in all three.
@@paddy6358--Until you taste the 2011 Muga Prado Enea! It's Still not ready, but a great wine. 2027-35. Or CVNE Viña Real Gran Reserva 2011.
Champagne while you wait for your red to open up …… man, you are living the life!
@@doublewides Works great when in groups at the wine club! There will be 5-6 of us and we share. Some of those reds take 2 hours or more.
Sincerely appreciate the pin, John. Thank you very much!
You're very welcome! Well deserved, Margaux.
Great video always very educational
Last week opened 2009 dominus I liked it but my wife did not 1st dominus that we have not enjoyed am I missing something?
@@matteoingrao6080 Thank you kindly! Cheers!
That is strange re Dominus. You liked it but she didn’t?
That is certainly a strong vintage. If stored well and no flaws it’s should be in a great place now. Did your wife say why she did not like it?
Fair review and agree your comments, but lack of German wines is a stand out, here's a comparison of WS/JS lists:
WS JS
Argentina 3 6
Australia 2 5
Austria 1 4
Chile 4 6
France 16 18
Germany 1 12
Hungary 1
Israel 1
Italy 19 26
NZ 4
Portugul 3
South Africa 1 1
Spain 7 6
USA 37 15
China 1
100 100
Europe 48 66
@@DavidWhite-ci2tc Thanks very much! Appreciate you sharing this list! Pretty stark contrast.
Thanks for a very interesting comparison. The wine world has gotten too large with way too many wineries. I imagine that it could be possible that WS/JS could do two lists with no overlap at all...
@ Yes, that is very true! Thank you kindly! Cheers!
That Verdicchio from Umani Ronchi offers crazy qpr!
@@mattfowler4021 Thanks! Appreciate the tip. Haven’t tried that one yet.
I've only tried the Calera Central Coast out of your recomendations, some of these are hard to find in Sweden.
Thank you! I understand. Hope you enjoyed it!
I am always curious about any Top 100 list. I recall a year when I had the definite feeling that WS had suddenly realized that Syrah was being grown in California. I look at these Top 100 lists as a vague guide to what area/country may have had a very good growing season.
@@marknelson8724 Agreed! They definitely help to spot trends and strengths.
1:35. I hear you. As I said on a conference call on an M&A deal only a couple of weeks ago "Can the accountants populate the tables in Schedule 3 of the SPA because let's face it no one wants to go through the embarrassment of watching the lawyers trying to do the maths*"
*"maths" is what we English types call "math".
@@50somethinglawyer 😂😂😂 Yes exactly!
Very little love for syrah/shiraz in the list. I counted 2 with any in at all. Bin 389 2022 vs RP100 point 2022 Standish Lamella? I guess availability is part of the calculation..
@@hazardo4378 Yes we need to wait for Jeb Dunnuck’s list to get some Syrah on the list! His list will be very different.
I occasionally tell friends that a small part of my love for Syrah/Shiraz comes from the simple fact that Syrah/Shiraz can deliver quality without doing near as much damage to the bank account as Cab can so easily do.
@ That is true! Lots more value in that category for sure. I also enjoy and appreciate the aromatics of cool climate Syrah.
@@AttorneySomm While the price of some halo Napa Cabs and left bank Bordeaux wines are certainly steep these days, there are a few Aussie Shiraz examples which I wouldn't exactly describe as cheap :D
@ Yes grange is totally nuts now.
now you know how we feel when wines from our regions never end up on these lists😅
Ha! 😅 Yes, I suppose so. Hard for them to please everyone, but its impossible with 1/3 of the list devoted to 1 country.
@ yeah, these type of lists, even the Sacklins one are always surface level, top floating stuff. these are wines you see at the wine shop of the center of the village when you arrive at destination. never deep cuts, never true gems…
@@Ruirspirul Yes, although I was very excited about WS No. 100. That one is definitely not a typical wine.
These Top 100 lists are for marketing and to boost brand image, not an indicator of quality
@@greenwood130 Appreciate your input. Reviewing them can identify helpful themes and trends for wine collectors, which is why I focus on observations or takeaways from the lists in the videos. In addition, there are usually a handful of wines out of the 100 that I think are worth adding to the cellar, which I reveal in the videos. Cheers!
@ I appreciate how you cut through the noise and focus on what really matters for those who actually enjoy drinking the wine. Keep up the quality videos
@@greenwood130 Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed it! Appreciate the kind feedback.
I recall when it seemed like WS had become alarmed by the influence their Top 100 list had. They started looking for wines with reasonably large production which must have cut down on the angry mail they got for recommending unobtainable wines. But then they would also do a list of the top 100 scoring wines, no matter price or availability, and also a top 100 Best Buy list. I haven't looked in a while, I hope they still do all three lists. And then there are other people or media outlets doing their own top 100. I appreciate them all.
@ Thank you, yes those other lists would definitely be useful too. Definitely a fun time of year!
I subscribe to WS and have, in the past, paid attention to the WS100. No longer. It’s ludicrous! You could make a credible list with literally thousands of other wines. And it fetishizes (and jacks the prices) of a handful of wines. Anyway, finding other things to pay attention to. Cheers!
@@baggrabb I dropped my subscription a number of years ago. No regrets! But I do enjoy analyzing these lists for themes and letting people know my favorites. This year there weren’t many. 😂
The most boring Top 10 WS list in years. Only #1 that's worth considering
Thanks for weighing in! Definitely a solid choice at number 1.
@rvp--I find Don Melchor on the Green, bell pepper side. Not a flavor I like, but I understand the nuance as a "complexity", like a slight "bretty" flavor, which I like(Gruaud Larose)