The Best Wines of 2022
It is the last day of the year and this is the time that every wine lover has been waiting for! I am finally revealing Wine Splash’s Top 69 Wines from 2022! These are all wines that I at Wine Splash have tasted personally and would recommend their quality and taste to anyone. This year there are 35 red wines, 20 white wines, 5 sparkling, 5 rose’, and 4 sweet wines. Most of these wines have been posted here so you can go back to that posting to read about that particular wine if you like. So without further ado and before that New Year’s ball drops, lets start with Champagne and Sparkling wines!
Champagne and Sparkling:
Champagne Bollinger Brut Special Cuvee
Thibaut-Janisson Xtra Brut – Virginia
Good Harbor Vineyards Blanc de Noir – Michigan
Septenary Winery Brut Sparkling Rose’ – Virginia
M. Lawrence “SEX” Brut Sparkling Rose’ – Leelanau Peninsula
Rose’ Wines:
2021 St. Supery Napa Valley Estate Rose’
2021 Belles d’Eguilles Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence
2021 Cecilia Beretta Rose’ Trevenezie – Italy
2019 Black Star Farms “Acturos” Pinot Noir Rose’ – Michigan
2020 Villa Borghetti Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie “Grigio Luna” Rose’
Port Style and Sweet:
2009 Mount Pleasant Augusta Tawny Port – Missouri
Fenn Valley “Classic” Ruby Red Port – Michigan
Cunningham Creek Sweet Home Port – Virginia
Bowers Harbor “Cooper” Semi-Sweet White – Michigan
White Wines:
2020 Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Dry Riesling – Australia
2020 Fess Parker Santa Barbara Chardonnay – California
2021 Keswick Vineyards Monticello Estate Viognier – Virginia
2021 Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc / Viognier – California
Coopers Hawk Restaurant and Winery “GRU-V” Gruner Veltliner
2020 Julien Schaal Alsace Grand Cru Riesling
2020 Septenary Winery Sauvignon Blanc – Virginia
2018 Iron Horse Unoaked Russian River Valley Chardonnay
2020 Veritas Vineyards “Saddleback” Chardonnay – VA
2020 Bonobo Winery Dry Riesling – Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan
2020 Paul Tagliaferro Cullen Roero Arneis – Piedmont, Italy
2020 Early Mountain Dry Petit Manseng – Virginia
Cooper & Thief Tequila Aged Sonoma Sauvignon Blanc
2018 Graham & Stella Napa Sauvignon Blanc
2019 Blenheim Vineyards Roussanne White – Virginia
2021 Ferrari-Carano Sonoma Fume Blanc (Sauvignon Blanc)
2020 Good Harbor Vineyards “Tribute” Chardonnay – Michigan
2018 Chateau Ste Michelle Dry Riesling – Columbia Valley
2020 Sun Goddess Pinot Grigio Ramato – Friuli, Italy
2021 Gray Ghost Gewurztraminer – Virginia
Red Wines:
2017 Saxenburg Wine Estate Private Collection Syrah – South Africa
2018 Bodega Vallobera Crianza Rioja Tempranillo – Spain
2010 Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe Chateauneuf-du-Pape “Telegramme”
2019 Bonobo Winery BDX – Michigan
2018 Gary Farrell Pinot Noir Hallberg Vineyard – Russian River, California
2018 Francis Ford Coppola Merlot – California
2010 Shafer Vineyards “Relentless” Napa Valley Syrah
2019 Keswick Vineyard Block 7 Cabernet Sauvignon – Monticello, Virginia
2019 Hawk & Horse Red Hills Cabernet Sauvignon – California
2015 Seven Hills Winery Cabernet Sauvignon – Walla Walla Valley
2019 Mari Vineyards “Troglodyte Rosso” Old Mission Peninsula – Michigan
2019 Post & Beam Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
2021 Famille Coperet Vigneron Beaujolais-Villages – France
2019 Barbanera Vino Rosso Appassimento Per Joe – Italy
2017 Rizman Tribidrag Red – South Dalmatia, Croatia
2019 Barboursville Vineyards Barbera Reserve – Virginia
2018 Allegrini Palazzo Della Torre Red – Italy
2017 Peninsula Cellars Reserve Cabernet Franc – Merlot – Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan
Paul Tagliaferro Cullen Rosso di Toscana – Italy
2019 Blue Rock “Baby Blue” Sonoma Red Blend
2017 Fenn Valley Vineyards Meritage – Lake Michigan Shore, Michigan
2019 Los Haroldos Riserva Malbec – Argentina
2015 Pago del Cielo Celeste Crianza Tempranillo – Spain
2015 Domaine du Pagau Chateauneuf-du-Pape – France
2019 Domaine Gerard Berger Hautes Cotes de Beaune Red (Pinot Noir)
2018 Calculated Risk Pinot Noir – Monterey, California
2017 Lovingston Winery Estate Reserve Red – Virginia
2019 Clos LaChance Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon – Santa Clara Valley
2018 Corison Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
2019 Chateau La Rose du Pin Bordeaux
St Julian Winery TRE Red Blend – Michigan
2018 Mitolo “Jester” Shiraz – Australia
2018 Tabone Vineyards Reserve Red – Old Mission Peninsula, Michigan
2015 Pendulum Red Blend – Columbia Valley
Good Harbor Collaboration Red Blend – Michigan
Congratulations to all the wonderful wineries who made this list of my 69 Fine Wines of 2022! Cheers to the talented winemakers and all the love you put into the wines you create each year. Happy New Year 2023!
Wine Splash! 