MASTER of WINE selects his WINES of the YEAR

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I have tasted the following wines in this Video:

2023 Pieropan La Rocca Soave Classico, Veneto, Italy
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2021 Lapu Valley Three Parallel Rivers Dry White Southwest High Mountain Area, China

2024 Keller Grüner Sylvaner Rheinhessen, Germany
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/ke...

2014 Grange des Pères Blanc, Languedoc, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/do...

2023 Dr. Burklin-Wolf Forster Kirchenstuck G.C. Riesling, Pfalz, Germany
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/dr...

1980 Chateau Margaux, Margaux, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/ma...

2003 Chateau Pavie, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/pa...

2021 Produttori del Barbaresco 'Barbaresco DOCG', Piedmont, Italy
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/pr...

2023 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Springs, Dry Creek Valley, USA
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/ri...

2015 Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG, Veneto, Italy
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/gi...

2001 Penfolds Grange Bin 95, Australia
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/pe...

2024 Jermann 'Vinnae' Servus Cella Ribolla Gialla Venezia Giulia IGT, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Ebony

The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 - 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 - 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 - 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 - 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 - 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.

The days are getting shorter, the temperatures are dropping, and Christmas is around the corner… which can only mean one thing: Wine Spectator has released its Top 10 Wines of the Year.
And of course, I’m making a video about it.
The end of 2025 is near, and it's time for me to release my favorite wines of the year.
Reflecting on the past year, I traveled across the globe tasting many great wines, as is my yearly tradition.
2025 was also a strange year for wine, as I talked to many winemakers and merchants who feel gloomy about the future.
It might be a difficult period for people in the wine trade; however, there are a few products that have been around for more than 8000 years, and I don’t think wine is going anywhere.
This year, I tasted many exciting wines from places that I did not have on my radar before, and I am sure that the quality of wine overall has never been higher than it is now.
So let's talk about my favorite bottles of the year 2025 …