VINFOLIO ANNOUNCES TOP 25 DOMESTIC WINES of 2OO7
TO
COMMEMORATE ANOTHER GREAT YEAR
in American wine, Doug Wilder, Director of California
Acquisitions & Sales at Vinfolio, a premier wine store
and collector services company, released his annual top 25
wines of the year. Wilder, who writes a free weekly
wineletter, The Wilder Side of California, with his reviews
and scores of wines most often before they are reviewed by
major critics, tasted over 12OO wines in 2OO7 and traveled
hundreds of miles visiting wineries from Santa Ynez to
Dundee, Oregon. The list showcases the best 2 pecent of
wines he tasted during the year, with a particular emphasis
on wines that delivered quality, value and
rarity.
“One thing the 2OO7 list
makes clear is that dirt matters,” says Wilder who notes
that 18 of the wines on the Top 25 list were made from
single vineyard or estate grown grapes. “The care in
cultivation of grapes from these vineyards, combined with
the unique wines produced from them, is driving the high end
of the domestic market.”
Wilder also highlighted
Russell From of Herman Story as his winemaker of the year.
Two of From’s wines made the list, including the 2OO5 Larner
Vineyard Grenache and the 2OO5 Larner Vineyard Syrah, Other
highlights include the 2OO6 Shea Vineyard and 2OO6 Hyland
Vineyard Pinot Noirs from Auteur, whose winemaker Ken Juhasz
was the 2OO6 winemaker of the year.
The list for
2OO7
2OO6 Auteur Pinot Noir Shea
Vineyard, 1OO points
2OO5 Scholium Project Cena
Trimalchionis, 98 points
2OO5 Westrey Chardonnay
Reserve, 98 points
2OO5 Donum Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley, 97 points
2OO4 Ramey Cabernet
Sauvignon Jericho Canyon, 97 points
2OO4 Scherrer Chardonnay
Scherrer Vineyard, 97 points
2OO4 Andrew Will Red Wine
Champoux Vineyard, 96 points
2OO5 Dierberg Chardonnay
Estate, 96 points
2OO5 Dierberg Pinot Noir
Estate, 96 points
2OO4 Fidelitas Cabernet
Sauvignon Champoux Vineyard, 96 points
2OO6 Hartwell Sauvignon
Blanc, 96 points
2OO5 Herman Story Grenache
Larner Vineyard, 96 points
2OO4 Keever Cabernet
Sauvignon, 96 points
2OO5 Stolpman White Wine
L’Avion, 96 points
2OO5 Togni, Philip Cabernet
Sauvignon, 96 points
2OO6 Auteur Pinot Noir
Hyland Vineyard, 95 points
2OO4 Diamond Terrace
Cabernet Sauvignon, 95 points
2OO5 Herman Story Syrah
Larner Vineyard, 95 points
2OO5 Maldonado Chardonnay,
95 points
2OO5 Owen Roe Red Wine
Walla Walla 95, points
2OO5 Hanzell Chardonnay, 94
points
2OO4 Hourglass Cabernet
Sauvignon, 94 points
2OO5 Koehler Grenache, 94
points
2OO5 Neiman Chardonnay, 94
points
2OO5 Owen Roe Yakima
Valley, 94 points
