The Top 10 Wines of 2022, From $35 to $35,000
Columnist Elin McCoy sampled 2,481 wines this year. These are the very best she tried, across a range of regions and grape varietals.
Illustration: María Medem
At the end of the year, I flip through my tasting notebooks with nostalgia, recalling all the wonderful wines I’ve sampled. Singling out the most memorable for my top 10 is never simple. I was lucky enough to taste brilliant wines from 21 countries in 2022, including retrospectives of the California cabernets and chardonnays from estates celebrating 50th and 60th anniversaries, as well as plenty of legendary classics from Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Portugal and Australia.
In the mix were reds, whites, rosés and bubblies from lesser-known regions and grapes (completer, petite arvine, areni noir), and many from wineries firmly committed to a green wine future, which looms more important than ever.