Wine Spectator just released its Top 100 Wines for 2024! John Jackson, DipWSET a/k/a Attorney Somm reacts to the Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2024, provides 10 takeaways for wine enthusiasts, and reveals his 6 best buys for wine collectors and wine buyers from the Wine Spectator top 100 list. Attorney Somm’s recommendations include wine cellar defenders, daily drinkers and collectible wines at a variety of price points. These 6 best buys include red wine, white wine and sparkling wine. These suggestions will be useful for experienced wine collectors and wine buyers as well as beginners.
The 2024 Wine Spectator top 100 wine list is available here:
https://top100.winespectator.com/lists/
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Attorney Somm Videos Discussing Top Wines of 2024:
Wine Spectator Top 10 Wines of 2024: https://youtu.be/l1UbfZY1fRo
James Suckling Top 100 Wines of 2024: https://youtu.be/GtZbPleJ5X0
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These Top 100 lists are for marketing and to boost brand image, not an indicator of quality
"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. 🍾🍾🍾
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!
Completely agree with you about the 2010 vs 2011 Vina Tondonia Reserva. Cheers
now you know how we feel when wines from our regions never end up on these lists😅
Sincerely appreciate the pin, John. Thank you very much!
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
The most boring Top 10 WS list in years. Only #1 that's worth considering
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..
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
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!
Champagne while you wait for your red to open up …… man, you are living the life!
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
That Verdicchio from Umani Ronchi offers crazy qpr!
The Wine Spectator is a Shill for the California Wine Industry
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?
Thanks for the fantastic analysis. Love anything from VIK Wine. WS Top 100 Video analysis is next on my list.
Well done sir!
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".
Agree Tondonia 2010 is a far better vintage than 2011 although if your patient it does express quality after some time in the glass
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.