2001 Best Buys

Posted: January 30, 2002

Back to Top Picks 2001 Main Page Red Wines | White, Dessert and Sparkling Wines   ARGENTINA Bodegas Escorihuela Malbec Mendoza Don Miguel Gascón 2000 88 $10 16,000 11/15/01 J. & F. Lurton Malbec Mendoza Reserva 1999 87 $9 10,000 9/30/01 Bodegas Esmeralda Malbec Mendoza Alamos 1999 86 $9 35,000 3/31/01 Fantelli Malbec Mendoza 1999 86 $9 20,000 9/15/01 Bodegas y Viñedos Santiago Graffigna Malbec Tulum Valley Selección Especial 1999 86 $10 85,000 3/31/01 Bodegas y Viñedos Santiago Graffigna Syrah Tulum Valley Selección Especial 1999 86 $10 65,000 2/28/01 Bodegas Esmeralda Cabernet Sauvignon Mendoza Alamos 1999 85 $10 47,000 8/31/01   AUSTRALIA Wolf Blass Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia Yellow Label 1998 89 $12 23,000* 1/31/01 Paringa Shiraz South Australia Individual Vineyard 2000 88 $10 14,000 9/15/01 Tyrrell's Shiraz Heathcote-Hunter Valley-South Australia Old Winery 1999 88 $13 35,000 10/15/01 De Bortoli Cabernet Sauvignon-Shiraz-Merlot Victoria Windy Peak 1998 87 $12 20,000 2/28/01 Tatachilla Shiraz South Australia Breakneck Creek 2000 87 $10 35,000 11/30/01 Yangarra Park Merlot South Eastern Australia 2000 87 $10 18,000 12/15/01 McGuigan Shiraz Murray Valley Bin 2000 2000 86 $10 65,000 5/31/01 Rosemount Grenache-Shiraz South Eastern Australia 2000 86 $8 50,000 5/31/01 Tyrrell's Shiraz South Australia The Long Flat Vineyard 2000 86 $8 40,000 11/30/01 Black Opal Shiraz South Eastern Australia 1999 85 $11 80,000 6/15/01 Lindemans Cabernet Sauvignon South Eastern Australia Bin 45 1998 85 $9 29,000 1/31/01   CHILE Casa Lapostolle Merlot Rapel Valley 2000 87 $10 19,500 9/15/01 Odfjell Cabernet Sauvignon Maipo Valley Armador 2000 87 $10 11,100 9/15/01 Las Viñas de la Calina Merlot Maule Valley Reserve 2000 86 $8 20,800 10/31/01 Santa Amelia Cabernet-Merlot Maule Valley Reserve Selection 1999 86 $8 28,000 1/31/01 Viña Montes Cabernet Sauvignon Colchagua Valley Reserve 1999 86 $10 62,000 11/15/01 Viña Porta Merlot Aconcagua 2000 86 $9 NA 12/31/01 Viña San Pedro Cabernet Sauvignon Lontué Castillo de Molina Reserva 1999 86 $10 60,000 7/31/01 Chateau Los Boldos Cabernet Sauvignon Requinoa Vieilles Vignes 1999 85 $10 30,000 10/15/01 Errázuriz Merlot Curicó Valley 2000 85 $10 NA 12/31/01 Las Viñas de la Calina Carmenère Maule Valley Reserve 2000 85 $8 8,300 10/15/01 Las Viñas de la Calina Merlot Maule Valley 1999 85 $8 15,400 3/31/01   FRANCE / BEAUJOLAIS Georges Duboeuf Morgon Grande Cuvée Flower Label 2000 89 $12 15,000 9/30/01 Georges Duboeuf Régnié Flower Label 2000 86 $10 30,000 8/31/01   FRANCE / RHÔNE Louis Bernard Côtes du Rhône 2000 89 $9 50,000 9/15/01 Château de St.