Wine Spectator's Top 10 Value Wines of 2021

New York, NY—Wine
Spectator, the world’s leading authority on wine,
today unveiled its inaugural Top 10 Wine Values of
2021, with New Zealand’s Allan Scott Sauvignon Blanc
Marlborough 2021 taking top honors as the Wine Value
of the Year. This offering from the pioneering wine family
is an abundant, 93-point, fruit-driven, new world style wine priced
at just $17.  

 Spotlighting the best-priced wines of the year, the list
features bottles that are rated 90 points or higher on Wine
Spectator’s 100-point scale, cost $40 or less and are made in
large-enough quantities to be widely available.  


 “Great wine doesn’t have to be expensive. In celebration of
those wines that overdeliver on quality for the price, we’ve
selected our Top 10 Wine Values of 2021,” said Marvin R. Shanken,
editor and publisher, Wine Spectator. “While making these
selections, we kept in mind the diversity of the global wine
scene, looking for wines with solid track records that are good
representatives of their regions.”


 The Top 10 Wine Values of
2021 are: 
Allan Scott | Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough
2021 | 93 points | $17 | 100,000 Cases made/45,000 Cases Imported |
New Zealand  Castello Banfi | Chianti
Classico 2019 | 91 Score | $17 | 40,000 Cases Made/23,000 Cases
Imported | Italy  J | Pinot Noir
Monterey-Sonoma-Santa Barbara Counties Winemaker’s Selection 2018 |
91 Score | $25 | 65,000 Cases Made | California 
Bodega Numanthia | Tinta de Toro Toro Termes
2017 | 91 Score | $24 | 12,500 Cases Made/10,000 Cases Imported |
Spain 
Seghesio | Zinfandel
Sonoma County Sonoma 2019 | 92 Score | $26 |
100,685 Cases Made | California  Alois
Lageder | Pinot Grigio Vigneti delle Dolomiti Terra
Alpina 2019 | 90 Score | $16 | 19,000 Cases Imported | Italy 
Dry Creek | Fumé Blanc Sonoma County 2020 |
92 Score | $16 | 29,000 Cases Made | California  
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars | Chardonnay Napa
Valley Karia 2019 | 91 Score | $34 | 26,400 Cases Made |
California  Frei Brothers | Cabernet
Sauvignon Alexander Valley Sonoma Reserve 2018 | 90 Score | $27 |
40,000 Cases Made | California 
Cambria | Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley
Katherine’s Vineyard 2019 | 91 Score | $22 | 52,000 Cases Made |
California 

 Wine Spectator’s February issue—which features
the Top 10 Wine Values of 2021, along
with recommended Smart Buys from the magazine’s
editorial staff—is available on newsstands January 25. 


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