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Wine Spectator - TOP 100 Wines of 1998

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Top 100 of 1998 | Wine Spectator



1 Domaine Laroche Chablis Les Clos 1996  (99 score -  $85) 
1 Domaine des Baumard Quarts de Chaume
1996  (95 score - $35) 
1 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou St.-Julien
1995  (97 score - $50) 

2 Kracher Chardonnay Trockenbeerenauslese Neusiedlersee Nouvelle Vague No. 13
1995 98 $100 
2 Château Margaux Margaux
1995 100 $120 
2 Beringer Chardonnay Napa Valley Private Reserve
1996 95 $32 

3 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon
1995 96 $82 
3 Château Pajzos Tokaji Esszencia
1993 99 $400 
3 A. Clape Cornas
1996 96 $35 

4 Quinta do Vesuvio Vintage Port
1995 95 $60 
4 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Beauregard
1996 95 $25 
4 Château Clerc Milon Pauillac
1995 95 $25 

5 Whitehall Lane Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve
1995 95 $40 
5 Kistler Chardonnay Russian River Valley Vine Hill Vineyard
1995 94 $42 
5 Dolce Late Harvest California
1994 95 $55 

6 Disznókó´ Tokaji Aszú 5 Puttonyos
1993 94 $32 
6 Didier Dagueneau Pouilly-Fumé Pur Sang
1996 94 $35 
6 Château Calon-Ségur St.-Estèphe
1995 96 $30 

7 Yalumba Muscat Victoria Museum Release
NV 94 $15 
7 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Red Rock Terrace
1995 96 $75 
7 Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape White
1997 95 $40 

8 Warre Vintage Port Quinta da Cavadinha
1995 92 $33 
8 Verget Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères
1996 95 $45 
8 Argiano Toscana Solengo
1996 95 $52 

9 Fonseca Vintage Port Guimaraens
1995 92 $39 
9 Chalk Hill Chardonnay Chalk Hill
1996 93 $28 
9 Beringer Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Private Reserve
1994 95 $75 

10 Taylor Fladgate Vintage Port Quinta de Vargellas
1995 92 $39 
10 La Chablisienne Chablis Fourchaume
1996 94 $27 
10 Bodegas y Viñedos Alion Ribera del Duero Reserva
1994 94 $35 

11 Talbott Chardonnay Monterey Sleepy Hollow Vineyard
1995 93 $30 
11 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve
1994 96 $100 

12 Château Trotanoy Pomerol
1995 97 $75 
12 Charles Heidsieck Brut Champagne
1990 97 $48 

13 Château Lafite Rothschild Pauillac
1995 97 $120 
13 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne
1996 95 $80 

14 Meridian Chardonnay Edna Valley Coastal Reserve
1996 92 $14 
14 Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage
1996 93 $17 

15 Delamotte Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne
1990 95 $50 
15 Château Pontet-Canet Pauillac
1995 94 $35 

16 Patz & Hall Chardonnay Napa Valley
1996 94 $29 
16 Araujo Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Eisele Vineyard
1995 95 $75 

17 Simi Chardonnay Sonoma County Reserve
1995 93 $29 
17 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Reserve
1995 94 $80 

18 Penfolds Shiraz South Australia Grange
1993 95 $120 
18 Landmark Chardonnay Sonoma County Overlook
1996 92 $21 

19 Muré Riesling Alsace Grand Cru Vorbourg Clos St.-Landelin
1996 92 $22 
19 Gaja Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo
1995 96 $190 

20 Voss Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley
1997 91 $13 
20 Bryant Family Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley
1995 97 $100 

21 Turley Zinfandel Napa Valley Hayne Vineyard
1996 95 $40 
21 Caymus Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley
1996 91 $14 

22 Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Edna Valley MacGregor Vineyard
1996 91 $16 
22 Méo-Camuzet Vosne-Romanée Les Chaumes
1996 96 $78 

23 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Richebourg
1995 98 $300 
23 Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
1997 91 $18 

24 Harlan Estate Napa Valley
1995 96 $110 
24 Bernardus Chardonnay Monterey County
1996 91 $18 

25 Jean-Paul & Jean-Luc Jamet Côte-Rôtie
1996 94 $40 
25 Chateau Souverain Chardonnay Sonoma County
1996 90 $13 

26 Plantagenet Chardonnay Western Australia Omrah Unoaked
1997 91 $16 
26 Álvaro Palacios Priorat L'Ermita
1995 97 $135 

27 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Stags Leap District
1995 93 $30 
27 Bollinger Brut Champagne Spécial Cuvée
NV 91 $30 

28 Shaw & Smith Sauvignon Blanc South Australia
1996 90 $14 
28 Beni di Batasiolo Barbaresco
1995 93 $19 

29 Château d'Armailhac Pauillac
1995 92 $20 
29 Cave de Tain Hermitage White Les Nobles Rives
1996 93 $29 

30 Ferrari-Carano Chardonnay Napa-Sonoma Counties Reserve
1995 93 $34 
30 Bodegas Alejandro Fernandez Ribera del Duero Pesquera Crianza
1995 92 $24 

31 Villa Mt. Eden Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley Bien Nacido Vineyard Grand Reserve
1996 91 $20 
31 Saintsbury Pinot Noir Carneros Reserve
1995 93 $35 

32 Jacques Burrier Pouilly-Fuissé Château de Beauregard
1996 91 $21 
32 Domaine Brusset Gigondas Les Hauts de Montmirail
1996 93 $32 

33 Domaine Peyre Rose Syrah Coteaux du Languedoc Clos Léone
1994 93 $33 
33 Chateau Ste. Michelle Chardonnay Columbia Valley Cold Creek Vineyard
1996 92 $26 

34 Trimbach Riesling Alsace Clos Ste.-Hune
1992 93 $58 
34 Castello Banfi Toscana Summus
1995 93 $45 

35 Woodward Canyon Cabernet Sauvignon Washington Canoe Ridge Vineyard Artist Series #4
1995 92 $28 
35 Franciscan Oakville Estate Chardonnay Napa Valley
1996 90 $15 

36 Mumm Cuvée Napa Brut Napa Valley Prestige
NV 90 $16 
36 Giacomo Bologna Barbera d'Asti Ai Suma
1996 93 $40 

37 Château Ferrande Graves
1995 90 $12 
37 Argyle Chardonnay Willamette Valley Reserve
1995 91 $20 

38 Roederer Estate Brut Anderson Valley
NV 90 $17 
38 Niebaum-Coppola Zinfandel Napa Valley Edizione Pennino
1995 91 $24 

39 Orlando Chardonnay Padthaway St. Hilary
1996 90 $16 
39 Carpineto Cabernet Sauvignon Toscana Farnito
1995 91 $25 

40 Pascal Jolivet Sancerre
1996 90 $17 
40 Beaulieu Vineyard Pinot Noir Carneros Reserve
1995 91 $30 

41 Luce della Vite Toscana Luce
1995 93 $63 

42 Château St.-Germain Coteaux du Languedoc
1995 91 $12 

43 Hijos de Antonio Barceló Ribera del Duero Viña Mayor Reserva
1994 90 $13 

44 Castello di Monsanto Chianti Classico Riserva
1995 90 $16 

45 Marimar Torres Pinot Noir Sonoma County Green Valley Don Miguel Vineyard
1995 91 $25 

46 Joseph Phelps Merlot Napa Valley
1995 91 $27 

47 Qupé Syrah Santa Barbara County Bien Nacido Reserve
1996 90 $25 

48 Louis Jadot Moulin-à-Vent Château des Jacques
1996 90 $19 

49 Pine Ridge Merlot Napa Valley Crimson Creek
1996 90 $25 

50 Columbia Syrah Yakima Valley Red Willow Vineyard David Lake Signature Series 1995 90 $24