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Issue 540 - August 30th - September 3rd 2021 - Expressly created for 4.250 wine lovers,
professionals and opinion leaders from all over the world |
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In the sixties of the twentieth century, at Tenuta San Guido, with the birth of Sassicaia, the Marchesi Incisa della Rocchetta, with the oenologist Giacomo Tachis, invented a “wine of the future” capable of igniting the spark for the birth and success of Bolgheri, which today has 65 wineries, 1,350 hectares of vineyards and 6.5 million bottles produced. On which, with a modification of the disciplinary already voted, the word “Toscana” will appear on the label. The most eagerly awaited novelty, however, is in the bottle, with the Bolgheri Superiore 2019 and Bolgheri Rosso 2020 that will be unveiled, “en primeur”, on September 4th in the iconic wineries of the territory. |
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For many years, the collectible wine market has had a point of reference recognized by everyone - collectors, wine merchants, auction houses, companies - founded at the beginning of the third millennium by James Miles and Justin Gibbs, two brokers from the City with a passion for wine: Liv-ex, for which quotations, performance and news are now passed on through the analysis of the trend of over 16,000 labels from all over the world. Since 2009, they have been collected in a classification that recalls that of Bordeaux in 1855: five classes, divided, just as in those days, by price ranges. A classification that, every two years, is revised and updated, opening the doors to more and more territories and wineries, among those that - between July 2020 and June 2021 - have seen at least 15 exchanges of 5 or more vintages. Compared to 2019, the Liv-ex 1000, the index that aggregates all the others, has grown overall by +6.36%, with average price trends moving up the entry bar for all five classes of the new “Liv-ex Classification 2021”. In all, there are 349 wines classified, from France, Italy, the U.S., Australia, Portugal, Spain, Chile and Germany, with 83 Italian wines, more than double the 2019 figure, thanks to growth led by Brunello di Montalcino and Barolo, with 18 and 21 labels, respectively, in the new classification. In the first tier, among wines costing from £3,060 per case upwards, there are 72 labels in all, of which no less than 11 are Italian, 8 more than 2019, despite the overall decline, as there were 77 wines in the first tier two years ago. Starting with the confirmations of Bruno Giacosa Barolo Vigna Rocche Riserva (£4,601 per case), Masseto (£5,716) and Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino Riserva (£3,441), joined by Bartolo Mascarello’s Barolo (£3,444), Bruno Giacosa’s Barbaresco Asili Riserva (£3. 653 pounds), Barolo Monvigliero Comm. G. B. Burlotto (4,325 pounds), Barbaresco Costa Russi (3,142 pounds), Barbaresco Sorì San Leonardo (3,216 pounds) and Barbaresco Sorì Tildin (3,147 pounds) by Gaja, Barolo Monfortino Riserva by Giacomo Conterno (8,816 pounds) and Soldera Case Basse (4,661 pounds). |
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September is the most important period for “grand vins”: it is the month in which negociants present the new vintages of the great non-French collectible wines on the “Place” of Bordeaux, the complex distribution system that brings together chateaux, négociants and wine merchants from all over the world. And of many fine Italian wines, which appeared on the Place in 2008, with Masseto 2006, followed over the years by Ornellaia, Solaia, Tignanello, Cervaro della Sala, Petrolo, Caiarossa, Luce della Vite, Giovanni Rosso and Bibi Graetz, on which the lights of the “Place de Bordeaux” will be focused. Under the spotlights, the new vintage of Colore and Testamatta, celebrating their 20th anniversary: in one day, and for one day only, collectors from all over the world had the chance to allocate themselves a small number of bottles. |
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Among the top producers for Italy in the “Liv-ex Classification 2021”, there is Gaja, with 8 labels (Barbaresco Costa Russi, Barbaresco Sorì San Leonardo, Barbaresco Sorì Tildin, Barolo Conteisa, Barolo Sperss, Brunello di Montalcino Rennina and Brunello di Montalcino Sugarille), followed by Antinori with 4 (Solaia, Tignanello, Bolgheri Guado al Tasso and Castello della Sala’s Cervaro della Sala), Casanova di Neri (Brunello di Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino Cerretalto and Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova), Bruno Giacosa (Barolo Falletto, Barolo Vigna Rocche Riserva and Barbaresco Asili Riserva) and Produttori del Barbaresco with 3 (Barbaresco Rio Sordo Riserva, Barbaresco Montefico Riserva and Barbaresco Ovello Riserva). Going back to the “Liv-ex Classification 2021”, and summarizing the composition of the classification, of the 349 wines present, 72 are in the first range, 152 in the second, 62 in the third, 51 in the fourth and 12 in the fifth. In total, there are 100 labels from Bordeaux, 71 from Bourgogne, 83, as we have seen, from Italy (including 45 from Tuscany and 34 from Piedmont), 28 from Rhône, 23 from Champagne, 22 from USA, 6 from Australia, 6 from Portugal, 5 from Spain, 2 from Chile and one from Alsace, Loire and Germany. |
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The traditions and poetry of Italian food are the absolute protagonists of Expo 2020 Dubai (October 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022), where the “Italian Know-How” will be the theme of the Italian Pavilion, born from an idea of artistic director Davide Rampello and narrated in a film by Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores, dedicated to the artisan and manufacturing arts of agribusiness, mechanics, design and the exercise of the most sophisticated technologies, or the made in Italy that the world envies us. |
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The sparkling wine market, which today is worth 42.6 billion dollars, will reach a value of 55.8 billion dollars in 2028, with an average annual growth of +4.3%. This is said by the study of the research company The Insight Partner “Sparkling Wine Market to 2028 - Global Analysis and Forecast - by Type, Packaging Type, Distribution Channel, and Geography”, which points out that, in 2020, Europe still held the largest share of the sparkling wine market: Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Russia are among the protagonists of the market growth in the Continent, where, traditionally, any party or celebration is accompanied by a bottle of Champagne or other sparkling wine, from Prosecco to Cava, from Crémant to Franciacorta to Trentodoc. |
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The book “South of Somewhere: Wine, Food, and the Soul of Italy” is the autobiographical story of Robert V. Camuto, today among the most famous wine writers in the world, Italian editor of “Wine Spectator”, a travel story, starting from Vico Equense, his mother’s hometown, in the most important wine territories of South Italy. “Which are living a good moment - he tells WineNews - because the last generations have managed to express in their wines the terroir, the quality and the unique variety of South Italy”. |
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