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Wine Spectator Top 100 List 2008 – Wines 6 and 5

Yesterday they revealed wines eight and seven. Today it’s wines six and five.

Happy drinking!

Wine #6

Pio Cesare
Barolo 2004
94 points / $62
7,000 cases made
Italy

This big, juicy, chewy wine is one of Piedmont’s most reliable and widely available quality blended Barolos. Pio Boffa represents the fourth generation to run this estate, located in the heart of Barolo’s capital of Alba. He sources Nebbiolo grapes from the winery’s own vineyards in the Serralunga d’Alba commune and supplements them with grapes from trusted suppliers in the region.

Wine #5

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
Châteauneuf-du-Pape La Crau 2005
95 points / $55
15,830 cases made
France

Brothers Daniel and Frédéric Brunier represent the third generation of Bruniers to run this famed estate. With a large (173 acre) contiguous vineyard, a rarity in the appellation, the Bruniers rely heavily on Grenache, Mourvèdre and Syrah to produce their top red cuvée. Tight and almost gravelly in feel when young, the wine has a proven ability to reward cellaring. The 2005 is a blue-chip bottling from a structure-driven vintage.

Related posts:

1. Wine Spectator’s Top 100 List 2008 – Wines 4, 3 and 2
2. Wine Spectator Top 100 List 2008 – Wines 10 and 9
3. Wine Spectator Top 100 List 2008 – Wines 8 and 7
4. Wine Spectator’s Top Wine List 2008 – The Top Wine
5. Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines 2008

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