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Issue 610 - January 2nd - 5th 2023 - Expressly created for 4.429 wine lovers,
professionals and opinion leaders from all over the world |
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Small, but “rich”, Singapore represents an important reference market for Italian wine in Asia, destined to grow in the future. Suffice it to say that, in the first 9 months of 2022, our export was 17.7 million euros, +22.9% over the same period in 2021 (Istat data). And right at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore, on January 8, 2023, “Fruits of the Vine” will be staged, featuring 100 of the world’s most prestigious wineries. The Italians will include Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi, Tua Rita, Bruno Giacosa, Tenuta San Guido, Tommaso Bussola, Aldo Conterno, Gianfranco Fino, Terlano, Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, and La Spinetta, among others. |
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Tenuta San Guido’s Sassicaia is the most popular Italian wine on “Wine Searcher”, and the fifth most searched for overall, on what is the reference portal for wine lovers around the world. In second place is the Antinori family’s Tignanello, followed by the Frescobaldi family’s Masseto. In the ranking of the best Italian wines, given by the intersection of international critics’ ratings, at the top is Giacomo Conterno’s Barolo Riserva Monfortino, ahead of Casanova di Neri’s Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto and Masseto. Giacomo Conterno’s Barolo Riserva Monfortino also excels in the Top 10 most expensive wines (1,276 euros per bottle), more than Roagna’s Barbaresco Crichet Pajè (1,062 euros) and Gianfranco Soldera’s Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Case Basse (1,055 euros). Looking beyond the podium, among the “Most Popular” in fourth place is Ornellaia from the Frescobaldi family, followed by Solaia from the Antinori family (No. 5) and Flaccianello from Pieve di Fontodi (No. 7). At position No. 7 is Barolo Riserva Monfortino by Giacomo Conterno, followed by Le Pergole Torte by Montevertine (No. 8), Barbaresco by Gaja (No. 9) and Brunello di Montalcino by Biondi Santi Tenuta Il Greppo (No. 10). Among the top Italian wines according to critics’ scores, at No. 4 is Il Marroneto’s Brunello di Montalcino Madonna delle Grazie, followed by Luciano Sandrone’s Barolo Vite Talin (No. 5), Gaja’s Barbaresco Sorì San Lorenzo (No. 6) and Avignonesi’s Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice (No. 7). At No. 8 position is G. B. Burlotto’s Barolo Monvigliero, then the Antinori Family’s Solaia (No. 9) and Tenuta San Guido’s Sassicaia (No. 10). Finally, as for “Most Expensive”, in fourth place is Giuseppe Cappellano’s Barolo Piè Franco Otin Fiorin (923 euros per bottle), at No. 5 Gianfranco Soldera’s Toscana Igt Case Basse (737 euros) and at No. 6 Miani’s Refosco dei Colli Orientali del Friuli Vigna Calvari (679 euros). At position No. 7 is Roagna’s Barolo Riserva Pira (653 euros), at No. 8 Giuseppe Quintarelli’s Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva (631 euros), at No. 9 Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio’s Barolo Monprivato Cà d’ Morissio (578 euros) and at No. 10 Biondi Santi Tenuta Il Greppo’s Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (557 euros). |
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In Italian cellars, as of November 30, 2022, 55.6 million hectoliters of wine were stored, more or less the product of an entire grape harvest, up (+19.5%) on last October 31, 2022 (+9 million hectoliters) and 7.1% higher than on November 30, 2021 (+3.6 million hectoliters): these are the numbers from “Cantina Italia”, the latest report by Icqrf, based on data from the Telematic Wine Registers. In addition to wine, there are 12.8 million hectoliters of musts and 12.1 million hectoliters of new wine still in fermentation in cellars. Compared to November 30, 2021, a higher inventory value is observed for all product categories: wines (+7.1%), musts (+2%) and Vnainf (+5.5%). 51.4% of the wine held is PDO, with a predominance of white (50%). 27.4% of wine is PGI, with a prevalence of red (57.3%), while varietal wines held make up just 1.3% of the total (in more detail). |
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Ornellaia 2012 from Tenuta dell’Ornellaia, an icon of Bolgheri, Italian wine and one of the jewels of the Frescobaldi group, is the 2022 “Red Wine of the Year” according to the prestigious Uk magazine “Decanter”. And the one that came from “Decanter”, in addition to Ornellaia as the best red wine, with one of the pearls of the Frescobaldi galaxy confirming itself among the most sought-after and acclaimed wines in the world, is a choral recognition of the quality of the Italian production, which sees many wines present both in the list of the best reds, as well as in that of the best whites, with wineries such as Mastroberardino, Mauro Molino, Produttori del Barbaresco, Tenuta delle Terre Nere, Pasqua, il Castello del Terriccio, Girlan, Caravaglio, Giuseppe Apicella, Istine, Marchesi di Barolo, Le Fraghe, Passopisciaro, Luigi Voghera, Vietti, Marco Felluga, Bisci, Manzone, Borgo San Daniele, Decugnano dei Barbi, Fattoria Le Pupille, Lis Neris, Marangona, Terlano, Pieropan, Thomas Niedermayr, and Federico Graziani (the wines in more detail). An overview that is only a selection of a much larger and more varied mosaic that is continuing to grow Italian wine in the UK, which, in the first 9 months of 2022, increased imports of Italian wines in value by +14.9% over 2021, touching 582 million euros. |
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Bringing together wine, art and territory: this is “Taste the Art”, a project of the historic Ippolito 1845 winery, the oldest in Calabria - more than 100 hectares in the Cirò Marina area - born out of an encounter with Enrico Focarelli Barone, aka Frelly, a young Calabrian artist. It is precisely his illustrations that have become the labels of a line of six limited-edition bottles of the winery’s most iconic wines, the proceeds of which will contribute to the restoration of artistic and historical works in the area, starting with the Fontana del Principe, which belonged to the Spinelli princes, in Cirò Marina. |
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For the millions of bottle shipments that leave Italy each year bound for the whole world, there has always been the problem of monitoring the condition of the wine, which must not be subjected to major changes in light and temperature that could compromise its quality: today Tenute del Cerro (an agricultural company of the Unipol Group that includes Fattoria del Cerro in Monepulciano, La Poderina in Montalcino, Tenuta di Monterufoli in Pisano, Colpetrone in Montefalco and Montecorona in Umbria) has introduced an innovative technology that - thanks to a special device applied to the packaging - allows not only to know, in real time, the position of the shipment, but also to assess any thermal and light irradiation variations. |
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Even in 2022, it is the 2016 vintage, between Langhe and Montalcino, that gives the best tastings, lined up in Ian d’Agata’s “Best Italian Wines of 2022”. The “Wine of the year”, thus, is Bruno Giacosa’s Barolo Falletto Vigna Le Rocche Riserva 2016, one of the three wines capable of achieving perfection, that is, 100 points, along with Elvio Cogno’s Barolo Ravera Vigna Elena Riserva 2016 and Fuligni’s Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 2016. The “Winery of the year”, however, is Claudio Tipa’s ColleMassari Wine Estates Group. |
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