WIML 2007 Top 100 Wines of the Year

It is that time of year again my fellow wine lovers. As is the custom the first of each New Year the WIML Top 100 Wines of the Year are being released for your viewing pleasure. 

2007 was another exciting year in wine for me. I continued my love affair with the "offline" with the number of events ticking back up slightly to 47 tasting events in 2007.ÂAlong the way I managed to taste a little under 1,100 wines in producing this list.ÂVirtually every one of those wines was shared with a fellow forum member.ÂThus we come to the purpose of this list.

Please take special note of the asterisk (*) to right of the majority of the wines on this list.ÂThis indicates the only reason I had the opportunity to taste many of these wonderful wines was because I attended an offline with fellow forum members and those people were gracious enough to bring the fabulous wines you see listed here.ÂThis list is a testimony to the generosity of some of the finest people you’ll ever meet in your life: the members of this forum.ÂI continue to preach the gospel of attending offlines and encourage each and every one of you to attend one soon. 

Have a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year in 2008 and I hope to see you soon at an offline.

 

Top 10

1982 Château Haut-Brion *

1982 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon *

2001 Château Climens *

1982 Salon Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs *

2001 Château Rieussec *

1994 Dominus Estate *

1959 Jacques Prieur Chambertin *

1989 Château Pichon-Longueville Baron *

2002 Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Silex

1996 Salon Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs *

 

Top 20 through 100

2003 Quinta do Noval Porto Vintage *

1988 Salon Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs *

1982 Château Cos d'Estournel *

1997 Whitehall Lane Cabernet Sauvignon Leonardini

1996 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon *

2004 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard

1990 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, Brut *

1995 Bollinger Champagne R.D. Extra Brut

1989 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey

1996 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, Brut *

1990 Krug Champagne Brut *

2001 Paloma Merlot

1988 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, Brut *

1999 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

2001 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal Sélection de Grains Nobles *

1982 Château Léoville Barton *

1985 Château Latour *

1994 Warre Porto Vintage *

1990 Château Lynch-Bages

2004 Zind-Humbrecht Riesling Heimbourg

2003 Domaine du Pégaü Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée *

1989 Château Palmer *

2003 Sine Qua Non Pinot Noir Omega *

2005 Thomas Pinot Noir

2002 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Rosé *

2005 DeLille Cellars Chaleur Estate

NV Krug Champagne Brut Rosé *

1997 Lokoya Cabernet Sauvignon Mt. Veeder *

2002 Domaine des Baumard Quarts de Chaume *

2003 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey *

2003 Bodegas Alto Moncayo Campo de Borja

2001 J. Rochioli Pinot Noir Three Corner Vineyard

2003 Celler Joan Simó Priorat Les Eres Vinyes Velles *

2003 Château de Fargues

2003 Château La Tour Blanche *

2001 J.M. Fuentes Priorat Gran Clos *

1993 Joseph Phelps Insignia *

2002 Aubert Chardonnay Ritchie Vineyard

2001 Joseph Phelps Insignia *

2004 Kapcsandy Family Winery State Lane Vineyard *

2004 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir 4 Barrel

1986 Krug Champagne Clos du Mesnil *

1998 Launois Pere et Fils Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut Sable *

2004 Match Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Baconbrook *

1991 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve *

2001 Spottswoode Cabernet Sauvignon Estate *

1997 Whitehall Lane Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

1997 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Jebsal

1999 Whitehall Lane Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

1990 Château Léoville Barton *

2003 Dr. Pauly-Bergweiler Bernkastleler alte Badstube am Doctorberg Riesling Auslese

2001 Sherwin Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

1983 Château Latour *

2005 Vincent Dauvissat (René & Vincent) Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos *

2002 Peay Vineyards Pinot Noir Estate

2000 Grof Degenfeld Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos *

2004 Peay Vineyards Viognier Estate

2000 Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico *

1997 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli *

2004 Alvaro Palacios Priorat Finca Dofi *

1992 Joseph Phelps Insignia *

2006 Araujo Estate Sauvignon Blanc Eisele Vineyard

1995 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année *

2003 Celler Marti Fabra Empordà-Costa Brava Masia Carreras *

2005 Domaine Marius Delarche Corton-Charlemagne Reserve *

2001 Cellers Ripoll Sans Priorat Closa Batllet

2001 Domaine de la Vieille Julienne Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes *

2002 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Kanzler Vineyard

2003 Peay Vineyards Roussanne/Marsanne Estate

2003 Siduri Pinot Noir Clos Pepe Vineyard

2002 Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Pur Sang

1995 Altesino Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli

2000 Bott-Geyl Gewürztraminer Sonnenglanz Vendanges Tardives *

1982 Château Montrose*

2001 Bodega Numanthia Termes Toro Numanthia *

2001 Argiano Solengo Toscana IGT *

1996 Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne Brut Cuvée Palmes d'Or *

2000 Tenuta Guado al Tasso (Antinori) Bolgheri Superiore *

1988 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année *

1990 Château Lagrange Pomerol *

2005 Domaine Xavier Monnot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Folatières *

2004 Domaine Tempier Bandol

1998 Masi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Campolongo di Torbe

1999 Fanti (Tenuta San Filippo) Brunello di Montalcino *

2004 J.K. Carriere Pinot Noir *

2002 Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Clos Windsbuhl *

2005 Le Cadeau Pinot Noir Rocheux

2000 Louis Roederer Champagne Cristal Brut

2005 Bethel Heights Pinot Noir West Block Reserve

2000 Inama Cabernet Sauvignon Oracolo Veneto IGT *