Our top wines in August

The JancisRobinson.com repository of tasting notes swelled again in August, with nearly 300 wines scoring 17 or above. As usual, most of these appeared in our published tasting articles. However, others that snuck into the database as standalones may have escaped your attention. Here are a few of the best:

• A Croatian speciality, Malvazija Istarska, made by Klabjan and rated highly by Julia
• Jean-Luc Colombo's highly polished Les Méjeans from Cornas
• A barnstorming champagne from Huré, from a solera of 30 vintages and with one year in oak
• Full marks for the 1945 vintage port by Taylors
• A tasting...