The Most Memorable Wines of 2024
The New York Times
The scarcity and fragility of rare old bottles makes them naturally memorable, but these 12 younger wines had their own unforgettable charms.
I’ve had the privilege of drinking some wonderful wines this year, including a few rare, breathtakingly gorgeous old bottles.
Those are often the ones that stick in the memory, the experiences that you carry around as benchmarks of beauty.
But I drank a lot of memorable wines that were not so rare, old or hard to find. This year, as I considered which bottles to include in my year-end list, I decided to focus on 12 younger, more accessible bottles along with a couple of middle-aged examples.
Perhaps for that reason, every bottle is from the 21st century, the first time for me since I’ve been writing year-end lists. Time passes quickly.
Here they are, in order of their age.
Kelley Fox Dundee Hills Dux Vineyard Chardonnay 2022
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