Top 100 Wines of the Year
This is it: the summit, the pinnacle, the lofty Mount Olympus of wines tasted this year. Herewith our 100 Wines of the Gods.
99 Domaine Laroche
1996“Reserve de l”Obedience” Grand Cru, Chablis
A generous toasty oak influence is readily apparent on the nose and joins a firm core of flinty, citric flavors on the palate. Full, ripe, and focused, this is a generous and weighty Chablis. Lengthy and flavorful through the finish. $109.
97 Domaine Laroche
1996 “Les Clos” Grand Cru, Chablis
Somewhat reserved aromatically, but steely and focused with a pure and expressive palate. Ripe and generous in the mouth but razor sharp through the finish, with linear acidity. Should gain complexity with age. $82.