2024 GVWM Staff Favorites
Our team tastes hundreds of wines throughout the year - below are our top picks!
 
We've compiled some of our own picks for wines that made an impression on us in 2024. There was some great quality at lower price points along with some of the usual suspects like Taittinger and Antinori. One thing that has become increasingly apparent over the years is that winemaking has become very refined, and the expertise of an older generation coupled with the technological advances and enthusiasm of a younger generation are creating some damned good wine. - Ron van Vlaardingen, GVWM Fine Wine Sales Director
 
 
 

 

2021 Antinori Tignanello

#1 GVWM Staff Favorite 2024 - Ron V.

$179.89/bottle (In Stock) Buy Now

 

98 WA / 98 VM / 97 WS / 96 JS

#3 Wine Spectator Top 100 2024
#8 Vinous Top 100 2024

 

If ever there was a more perfect example of Antinori’s Tignanello, the 2021 iteration, marking the 50th anniversary for this iconic Super-Tuscan, is simply superb. I personally don’t often think of wines in point scores, only because they are constantly evolving, but this wine has the quality of fruit and balance that will carry it for decades. It has the same appeal for me as a 2015 Canon, or Figeac in its depth and concentration. Great Stuff!—Ron van Vlaardingen, Grand Vin Wine Merchants

 

 

2022 Jean Marc Burgaud Morgon Cote du Py

#1 GVWM Staff Favorite Value 2024 - Ron V.

$23.89/bottle | $45.89/magnum (In Stock) Buy Now

 

97 JS / 97 DE / 94 WA / 94 VM

#1 Decanter 20 Top Morgon - Marvellous Morgon
#97 Vinous Top 100 2024

 

This was one of the surprises of the year for me, and so incredibly modest in price. This wine has great minerality and texture, coupled with lovely black fruit, and despite its concentration it has no heaviness retaining a real charm. I'd love to see how this wine evolves. —Ron van Vlaardingen, Grand Vin Wine Merchants

 


 

2021 Lavinea Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir

#1 GVWM Staff Favorite 2024 - Daniel M.

$64.89/bottle (In Stock) Buy Now

 

99 JD / 95 DE / 94 JS / 94 WE / 94 WS

16+ JR / 96 GV

 

At a trade tasting with well over 100 wines from all over the world, this wine just jumped out of the glass and grabbed my attention. It had great depth, but it was elegant and not heavy. Nuanced and brimming with deep earthy notes, and just reminded me of walking through a damp forest as the sun sets. Cool and beautiful. -Daniel M. GVWM

 

 

 

2022 Raul Perez La Vizcaina La del Vivo

#1 GVWM Staff Favorite Value 2024 - Daniel M.

$36.89/bottle (In Stock) Buy Now

 

95 WA / 95 GV

Sometimes a wine just reaches out and announces itself. This wine is like that, it's hard to put into words but it's just a lovely, interesting, and different kind of white. Clean and zingy, spiced and brimming with pizzaz. it's like walking around a record store and hearing something new and just knowing you want to take that album home. A fun bottle of wine.-Daniel M. GVWM

 

 
 

 

2020 Vincent Paris Cornas Granit 60 VV

#1 GVWM Staff Favorite 2024 - Andrew L.

$54.89/bottle (In Stock) Buy Now

 

95-97 JD / 95 VM / 95 DE / 16.5+ JR

 

Very expressive, spiced and fragrant. Dense luscious fruit, great depth and power but with finesse and elegance. A gorgeous wine that only got better over time. - Andrew L, GVWM

 

Great vitality and salinity, this is well-balanced, fresh and classically Cornas. A satisfying and energising wine with a long finish. 50-year-old vines on very steep slopes, 70% destemmed. No pigeage, natural yeasts, then spending 16 months in two to eight-year-old barrels.--Matt Walls, Decanter

 

 

2020 Kunstler Riesling Hochheimer Holle Im Neuenberg 

#1 GVWM Staff Favorite Value 2024 - Andrew L.

$25.89/bottle (In Stock) Buy Now

 

95 JS / 92+ FS / 92 WA / 17.5 JR

Like fresh mountain river water, with crushed rock, a slight lime note, lovely acid. So refreshing. Light and crisp. So dynamic and drinkable, and at a great price! - Andrew L, GVWM Staff

 

 

 
 
 
Additional GVWM Staff Favorites of 2024:
 
Wine Scores Price Stock
Kopke Colheita Port 1974 (375ML) 91 WS/ 92.8 CT | Staff Favorite - Barbra P. $97.89 7
Malescot St Exupery Margaux 2017 (750ML) 94 JS / 94 WCI / 93+ VM / 93 WA / 93 DE / 93 WS / 16.5 JR | Staff Favorite - Mike T. $54.89 11
Taittinger Comtes De Champagne 2008 (750ML) 100 JS / 98+ VM / 98 WA / 98 JM / 98 DE / 97 WE / 19 JR | Staff Favorite - Andy L. $299ea/Buy 5 get 1! $249.17ea 19
Tommaso Bussola Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva TB 2012 (750ML) 98 VM / 96 FS | Staff Favorite - Skyler C. $109.88 17
Zind Humbrecht Riesling Sommerberg Alsace Grand Cru 2019 (750ML) 97 JS / 94 WS / 93 DE | Staff Favorite - Hannah G. $64.89 14
 
Ron van Vlaardingen

Fine Wine Sales Director

Grand Vin Wine Merchants

Olympia, WA  98506 | Office: 360.350.4896 x2

www.grandvinwinemerchants.com | ronv@grandvinwinemerchants.com 

 
 
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