This wine is top shelf.
top shelf
idiomBest, or high quality.
Origin
disputed origin* (US: best, or high quality): Possibly from the higher quality, thus more expensive, thus less often used liquors being stored on the less accessible top shelf behind a wet bar. * (British: material with adult content): Such material is often stored on the top shelf in a newsagent's shop, where it is both less visible and harder to reach without being seen.
She only buys top shelf ingredients when cooking for special guests.
The critic praised the novel as top shelf, placing it among the finest works of contemporary fiction.
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cherry on top
Synonym of icing on the cake (“a thing which intensifies the appreciation of something already good, or (ironic) the regretting of something already bad”).
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on top
In a dominant position.
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over the top
Beyond normal, expected, or reasonable limits; outrageous.
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put the bottom rail on top
To reverse a hierarchy.
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top banana
The boss, the leader.
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top cat
Synonym of top dog.
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top dog
The boss, the leader (of the pack).
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top dollar
The maximum amount of money that an item, service, or worker is worth; a very high price.