Robert Parker Wine Advocate has just announced Top 100 Wine Discoveries 2020
The review team at Robert Parker Wine Advocate has just announced Top 100 Wine Discoveries 2020, meant to highlight and showcase newly discovered, under-the-radar wines of the year, from all around the world.
This innovative initiative is meant to encourage wine lovers to explore new territories and learn about the passionate work of often previously unheralded wine makers. The ten-strong team of wine critics have, over the last year, reviewed over 30,000 wines to categorise and rate the wines that complements the 100-point rating system developed by Robert Parker Wine Advocate back in 1978. This results in finding new, unexpected greatness or fresh, exciting new takes on familiar labels, lesser-known grape varieties and/or in non-traditional growing regions. It also rediscovers dozens of renowned marques that are making significant innovations, such as in sustainability and terroir-driven decisions, that are informing the taste of the new generation. Wineries in the Old World regions such as France and Italy show plenty of innovation, while the United States has emerged as one of wine's most innovative frontiers.
"The results of our assessment highlighted to us that there are wines that are not necessarily our top-scoring wines, but have compelling stories behind the bottle. So much change and innovation is currently happening in regions around the world, whether new like California or those with a long history like Bordeaux,” said Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, Editor-in-Chief. “Even if the labels are not at all new, what's happening behind those famous names and all that regional tradition is occasionally quite innovative. These stories and innovations are what consumers are increasingly motivated by when they seek out new discoveries--hence the creation of what we offer our readers as our Top 100 Wine Discoveries."
As noted by Robert Parker Wine Advocate China reviewer Edward Ragg, "China is expanding into producing a wider range of wine styles, as interest within and outside of the country grows. The two whites showcased in this list make this point. While Domaine Franco Chinois, a joint venture between the Chinese and French governments, is associated with red blends in a Bordelais mould, its best wine is arguably its sweet Petit Manseng. This 2014 example has all of the vibrant quince fruit and buoyant acidity of the varietal and is one of China's highest quality and more age-able sweet whites. And at Chateau Nine Peaks in Shandong, a region better known for beer, its Chardonnay has the abundant fruit of Meursault, with softer acids and no lack of texture."
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