Bottle Buying Guide
The Top 10 Wines of 2018
A wine critic lists the best bottles she sampled this year, from bodacious fruit bombs to inventive Italian whites.
Source: Vendors
My year-end wine review found me leafing through notes on the 4,000 or so wines I tasted in 2018 to select my “best of the best.”
This year, it was surprisingly tough to choose only 10 top experiences. The pages of my notebooks are studded with stars, especially for vintages of fine Bordeaux (including 2016s), California cabernets from wineries celebrating 40th and 50th anniversaries of their founding, and luxury Champagnes from the superb 2008 vintage.