What makes a 100 Point Wine!
26 Jun 2025 · 0 min
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Can any wine grape hit 100 points, or just bold reds like Cabernet? Pinot Noir from Burgundy's Clos Vougeot proves lighter wines can score perfect too. Top ratings aren't locked to one style.
Can any wine grape hit 100 points, or just bold reds like Cabernet? Pinot Noir from Burgundy's Clos Vougeot proves lighter wines can score perfect too. Top ratings aren't locked to one style.
Is there a varietal issue with what would be rated at 100 points? Like, can you get a Pinot that would be rated at 100, or does it have to be a Cab? Does it have to be bold and robust, or does it not make a difference?
Listen, Clos Vougeot is a Pinot, and it was big and rich and flavorful. Not as opulent and in-your-face, but yeah, Clos Vougeot can easily get, you know, some great white, red Burgundies can easily be of that richer, flavorful category without being, you know, knock your face off.
You're right.
And yes, they can get hundreds. Easy. I think. Yeah. Um, also there's Barbarescos and Barolos and certainly Bordeaux, which are blends that easily could, could and have gotten 100 points. Yes, there is a trend amongst some of the American public, not some, most American publications to give big 100-pointers to California cabs, Harlands, et cetera.
