Acabou a contagem regressiva dos Top 100 da Wine Spectator! Acabam de sair o 1º, 2º e 3º colocados da lista...
Vale a pena explicar que a lista da WS não considera apenas a "nota" do vinho, mas alguns fatores adicionais como: quantidade produzida, preço, disponibilidade no mercado (americano) e outros fatore$...
Utilizem a lista sempre como referência e não como uma "verdade absoluta". Alías, isto vale para qualquer lista, sem exceção (exceto, talvez, a sua própria lista de preferências...).Vale a pena explicar que a lista da WS não considera apenas a "nota" do vinho, mas alguns fatores adicionais como: quantidade produzida, preço, disponibilidade no mercado (americano) e outros fatore$...
3º colocado: Peter Michael Chardonnay Sonoma County Ma Belle-Fille 2008
97 points / $85 2,100 cases made California
Ma Belle-Fille is the youngest vineyard on the winery’s Knights Valley estate, as well as the highest, reaching an elevation of 1,900 feet, and is quickly becoming the winery’s best source for Chardonnay. It’s a cool location but situated above the summer fog line, allowing for excellent sun exposure. Winemaker Nick Morlet uses native yeast; the wine is 100 percent barrel-fermented in French oak.
2º colocado: Two Hands Shiraz Barossa Valley Bella’s Garden 2008
94 points / $55 2,400 cases made Australia
Managing partner Michael Twelftree and winemaker Matt Wenk have found a winning formula with their Garden Series, an umbrella of six different Shiraz wines, each sourced from vineyards located in subappellations of South Australia. The Barossa bottling, Bella’s Garden, has reached the Top 100 a total of six times since its first release (the 2001 vintage). Wenk used 18 percent new French oak hogsheads, minimal fining and no filtration to produce this fresh-tasting, complex wine.
1º colocado: Saxum James Berry Vineyard Paso Robles 2007
98 points / $67 950 cases made California
In 1998, when 28-year-old Justin Smith started making wine in Paso Robles, it was a sleepy Central Coast area. Now the wine region is one of California’s fastest-growing. West Paso has a magical combination of rocky limestone soils, rolling hillsides and a not-too-cool climate that gives red Rhône varieties a firm structure to frame their rich, dark berry flavors.
Smith, who owns the 3,000-case Saxum winery with his wife, Heather, creates wines of distinctive character, depth and personality. In 2007, a near-perfect vintage, Saxum’s wines reached new heights. The 2007 James Berry Vineyard Paso Robles is a blend of Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah from a vineyard named after Smith’s father. The three varieties are aged 20 months in new and used barriques and large puncheons, to emphasize fruit purity. With its classic quality and reasonable price, this wine is a testament that Paso Robles has earned its place on the world stage.
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