Best Burgundy Wines: Global Wine Score compared to Wine Searcher

Burgundy, famous for its Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, is home to some of the most expensive wines in the world. Today we are going to compare the top Burgundy Pinot Noir wines according to Global Wine Score and Wine-Searcher.com.

Wine Searcher uses an average score that is calculated based on an average score of many wine critics and user ratings from CellarTracker. They display scores both for specific vintages and across vintages to rank wines on their website. You can read a more detailed explanation of their methodology on their website. For our analysis, we used the overall score that is not for a specific vintage.

Top Burgundy Wines: Global Wine Score

For our Global Wine Score ranking, we took the average Global Wine Score for each Burgundy wine from 2010–2014 to reduce the effects of vintage variation. We selected the top 10 based on the top average scores for this time period. Here is our ranking of the top Burgundy wines:

1. Domaine Leroy, Musigny Grand Cru
2. Domaine de la Romanée Conti, Romanée Conti Grand Cru
3. Domaine Leroy, Chambertin Grand Cru
4. Domaine Leroy, Romanée Saint Vivant Grand Cru
5. Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
6. Domaine Leroy, Richebourg Grand Cru
7. Leroy Domaine d’Auvenay, Mazis Chambertin Grand Cru
8. Domaine Georges & Christophe Roumier, Musigny Grand Cru
9. Domaine Faiveley, Les Ouvrées Rodin, Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru
10. Domaine du Comte Liger Belair, Monople, La Romanée Grand Cru

Comparing Global Wine Score and Wine-Searcher

Here is a comparison of the top Burgundy Wines from Global Wine Score and Wine-Searcher:

Looking at the ranking of Burgundy wines from Wine-Searcher, we can see some differences with our ranking, especially outside of the top 4 wines. It is interesting to compare how different methods of score calculation affect rankings. The main difference in methodology is that Global Wine Score adjusts each critic score before averaging and weighs all critics equally, while Wine-Searcher uses a weighted average score.