Wine Spectator's Top 10 wines of 2011
The top 3 according to 291 votes from people: Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2009 · Hall Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Kathryn Hall 2008 · Domaine Huët Vouvray Moelleux Clos du Bourg Première Trie 2009. (Updated Feb 24, 2020.)
The top 10 of Wine Spectator's Top 100 of 2011, chosen by its editors from the wines reviewed that year for quality, value, availability and excitement. Wine of the Year: Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2009.
Top 10
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Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2009
Wine of the Year: 95 points, $52. Sonoma, United States.
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2
Hall Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Kathryn Hall 2008
No. 2: 96 points, $90. Napa, United States.
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Domaine Huët Vouvray Moelleux Clos du Bourg Première Trie 2009
No. 3: 96 points, $69. Loire, France.
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4
Baer Ursa Columbia Valley 2008
No. 6: 95 points, $35. Washington, United States.
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5
Campogiovanni Brunello di Montalcino 2006
No. 4: 96 points, $50. Tuscany, Italy.
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Quinta do Vallado Touriga Nacional Douro 2008
No. 7: 95 points, $55. Douro, Portugal.
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Château de St.-Cosme Gigondas Valbelle 2009
No. 10: 94 points, $58. Southern Rhône, France.
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8
Dehlinger Pinot Noir Russian River Valley 2008
No. 5: 95 points, $50. Sonoma, United States.
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9
Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra 2006
No. 8: 96 points, $90. Piedmont, Italy.
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10
Alain Graillot Crozes-Hermitage La Guiraude 2009
No. 9: 94 points, $55. Northern Rhône, France.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (19)
2009 was a ripe vintage in California.
2011 list had some great surprises.
Kathryn Hall Cabernet, great Napa.
Would love to taste these now, a decade later.
Napa dominated again.
Hall's tasting room in St. Helena is great.
Pinot Noir as wine of the year, rare.
The Wine Spectator Top 100 is my holiday shopping guide.
Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast at #1, Pinot fans went crazy.
Nice to see Loire represented.
Great list.
These lists drive prices up immediately.
Campogiovanni Brunello, nice value.
Huët Vouvray Moelleux, finally Chenin Blanc gets love.
Brunello always shows up.
Bought the Hall after this list.
The Kosta Browne mailing list was impossible to get on.
Good mix of sweet and dry.
I visited Huët in Vouvray, magical.