Top 10 Rated Wines from Issue 232
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Abbe Baker
- 31 Aug 2017 | News & Views
We packed quite a punch in our latest Robert Parker Wine Advocate Issue with over a dozen regions featured in 22 articles, and over 5,000 new and exciting tasting notes to read through. Here, we’ve listed the top 10 wines featured in Issue 232. Enjoy!
- 2009 Vietti • Barolo Riserva Villero
“In a word, the 2009 Barolo Riserva Villero is magic.” - 2012 Torbreck • The Laird
“The 2012 The Laird is one of those wines you could just go on smelling all day.” - 2014 Descendientes de José Palacios • La Faraona
“The palate is symmetric, precise, textured and with a very long finish.” - 2007 Luciano Sandrone • Barolo Le Vigne Sibi et Paucis
“This stunning wine will be released in September 2017, having benefitted beautifully from an additional ten years of bottle aging at the winery.” - 2010 Weingut Neumeister • Trockenbeerenauslese Saziani Essenz
“One of the finest sweet wines I have tasted from Austria.” - 2012 Henschke • Shiraz Hill of Grace
“This is a truly great Hill of Grace that has just entered the first stage of its drinking window and should continue to develop beautifully over the next 25+ years.” - 2015 Descendientes de José Palacios • La Faraona
“It felt very balanced, keeping the freshness, very obviously young but approachable now.” - 2007 Luciano Sandrone • Barolo Cannubi Boschis Sibi et Paucis
“This is an exciting and seductive wine that wins you over with the first sniff.” - 2013 Giacomo Conterno • Barolo Riserva Monfortino
“The barrel I tasted is evidently coming together in seamless fashion.” - 2013 Vietti • Barolo Ravera
“A jaw-dropping creation that boasts soaring intensity with absolute clarity and purity of its aromatic impact.”