Vintage charts summarize the quality and character of wines from ... They also help collectors determine when their wines will be drinking well. Each year, Wine Spectator editors rate new vintages for ...

Tastings of the newly released 2022 Vintage Ports from Taylor Fladgate, Warre, Niepoort and others, plus a plethora of outstanding tawnies, reveal ample collecting opportunities. Get the scores and ...

The best examples show beautiful fruit purity underscored by minerality, with great depth, intensity and cellar potential, yet without feeling heavy; characterized as a “Grüner Veltliner vintage,” but ...

A standout vintage, with a long, slow growing season; wines are fresh, showing fine length and tannic structure, with purity of flavor and expression (See all ratings) Top-scoring wines (click for ...

Heralded by many producers as one of the best vintages of the decade, this warm, sunny year resulted in perfectly healthy fruit with excellent balance. August rain brought relief from periods of ...

A beautiful vintage, marked by very warm and dry weather right from the start, continuing on through harvest, with well-timed rains in June and August. Merlot berries were small and concentrated; ...

Top-scoring wines (click to see full tasting note): A demanding vintage, hot and dry, with an early, condensed harvest and lower yields; reds show good concentration, albeit with slightly higher ...

This might be the best vintage in Tuscany’s modern era; ample spring rains got the vines through the hot summer, while harvesttime saw ideal weather for picking (See all ratings) ...

Outstanding for both reds and whites, this is an accessible vintage, with reds offering early drinkability; among whites, Condrieu is particularly voluptuous (See all ratings) ...

Outstanding for both reds and whites, this is an accessible vintage, with reds offering early drinkability; among whites, Condrieu is particularly voluptuous (See all ratings) ...