The best Italian wine 2016 is a Sassicaia DOC 2019 from Tenuta San Guido (Tuscany). This was decreed by the jury of the international committee of BIWA - Best Italian Wine Awards. In second place was the Barolo Monvigliero DOCG 2015 from Burlotto (Piedmont) followed by Terminum Gewürztraminer late harvest Alto Adige DOC 2016 of the Tramin Winery (South Tyrol).
To these results the international jury composed of some of the leading wine experts in the world – Kenichi Ohashi, Amaya Cervera, Tim Atkin, Christy Canterbury, Lu Yang, Othmar Kiem, Luciano Ferraro, Antonio Paolini, Pier Bergonzi, Eros Teboni and Andrea Gori – and by the two founders of the prize Andrea Grignaffini, food and wine critic and journalist, member of the Scientific Committee of ALMA, and Luca Gardini, the first Italian to enter Wine-Searcher among the top four critics worldwide, was received after having selected, through blind tasting, over the course of the summer, 50 labels judged to be the pinnacle of excellence Italian wine.
During the evening which was held at the Fondazione Cariplo Congress Center in Milan, there were also awarded the Awards, special prizes off the charts: Promised wine award at Fattoria La Vialla with Barricato Bianco – Toscana IGT 2017 – Tuscany, Red native grape wine award at Podere Giodo with Giodo – Brunello di Montalcino DOCG 2014 – Tuscany, White native grape wine award at Vigne Marina Coppi with Fausto – Colli Tortonesi Timorasso DOC 2015 – Piedmont, Pop wine award at Tenuta Marino – Terra Aspra – Matera Primitivo DOP 2013 – Basilicata, Standard bearer of the territory wine award at Podere Forte – Petrucci Melo – Orcia DOC 2016 – Tuscany, Innovative marketing strategy award at the Istituto Trentodoc – Trentino sparkling local collective brand and Best Sommelier Award to Valentina Bertini – Wine Manager of the Langosteria Group – Milan.
Below is the ranking of the fifty best Italian wines of this year.
1) SAN GUIDO SASSICAIA ESTATE – BOLGHERI SASSICAIA DOC 2016 TUSCANY
2) BURLOTTO BAROLO MONVIGLIERO DOCG 2015 PIEDMONT
3) WINERY TRAMIN TERMINUM GEWÜRZTRAMINER LATE HARVEST SOUTH TYROL DOC 2016
4) PETROL – GALATRONA – VAL D'ARNO DI SOPRA DOC 2017 – TUSCANY
5) LUSIGNANI ALBERTO – VIN SANTO DI VIGOLENO – COLLI PIACENTINI DOC 2009 – EMILIA-ROMAGNA
6) FLORIO – DONNA FRANCA – MARSALA SUPERIORE RESERVE DOC SA – SICILY
7) CASANOVA DI NERI – CERRETALTO – BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG 2013 – TUSCANY
8) POLIZIANO – LE CAGGIOLE – NOBLE WINE OF MONTEPULCIANO DOCG 2016 – TUSCANY
9) GRATTAMACCO – GRATTAMACCO RED – BOLGHERI SUPERIORE DOC 2016 – TUSCANY
10) BROGLIA – OLD VINTAGE – GAVI DOCG FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF GAVI 2010 – PIEDMONT
11) CA' DEL BOSCO – ANNAMARIA CLEMENTI – FRANCIACORTA DOCG RESERVE 2009 – LOMBARDY
12) ALESSANDRIA BROTHERS – BAROLO MONVIGLIERO DOCG 2015 – PIEDMONT
13) PRODUCERS WINERY SAN MICHELE APPIANO – APPIUS – ALTO ADIGE DOC 2014 – SOUTH TYROL
14) TERLANO WINERY – TERLANER FIRST GREAT CUVÉE – SOUTH TYROL TERLANO DOC 2016 – SOUTH TYROL
15) MARCO DE BARTOLI – OLD SAMPERI PERPETUAL WINE – SICILY
16) GIUSEPPE QUINTARELLI – AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA DOCG CLASSIC 2011 – VENETO
17) DONNAFUGATA – BEN RYÉ – PASSITO DI PANTELLERIA DOC 2016 – SICILY
18) FERRARI-F.LLI LUNELLI – GIULIO FERRARI ROSÉ FOUNDER'S RESERVE – TRENTODOC 2007 – TRENTINO
19) UBERTI – DEQUINQUE CUVÉE 10 HARVESTS – FRANCIACORTA DOCG SA – LOMBARDY
20) TORRE SAN MARTINO – 1922 – ROMAGNA SANGIOVESE MODIGLIANA DOC 2016 – EMILIA-ROMAGNA
21) TORNATORE – TRIMARCHISA – ETNA RED DOC 2016 – SICILY
22) ROAGNA – BARBARESCO ASILI DOCG OLD VITI 2013 – PIEDMONT
23) ELVIO COGNO – BAROLO RAVERA DOCG 2015 – PIEDMONT
24) MANINCOR – RÉSERVE DELLA CONTESSA – ALTO ADIGE TERLANO DOC 2018 – ALTO ADIGE
25) AZELIA BY LUIGI SCAVINO – BAROLO MARGHERIA DOCG 2015 – PIEDMONT
26) AR.PE.PE. – ROCCE ROSSE – VALTELLINA SUPERIORE SASSELLA RESERVE DOCG 2009 – LOMBARDY
27) DARIO COOS – PICOLIT COLLI ORIENTALI DEL FRIULI DOCG 2016 – FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA
28) CANTINE DEI – MADONNA DELLE QUERCE – VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO DOCG 2015 – TUSCANY
29) VALENTINI – TREBBIANO D'ABRUZZO DOC 2015 – ABRUZZO
30) MONTE ROSSA – CUSTOM N.021 – FRANCIACORTA DOCG SA – LOMBARDY
31) IL CELLESE – SOR BRUNO – CHIANTI CLASSICO GRAND SELECTION DOCG 2014 – TUSCANY
32) CUSUMANO - ALTA MORA - ETNA WHITE DOC 2018 - SICILY
33) SETTE PONTI ESTATE – VINEYARD OF THE EMPIRE 1935 – VALDARNO DI SOPRA TUSCANY SANGIOVESE DOC 2016 – TUSCANY
34) IL MARRONETO – MADONNA OF GRACE – BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG RESERVE 2013 – TUSCANY
35) ROCCAPESTA – CALESTAIA – MORELLINO DI SCANSANO RESERVE DOCG 2015 – TUSCANY
36) FRESCOBALDI – MORMORETO – TUSCANY RED IGT 2016 – TUSCANY
37) TENUTA LE POTAZZINE – THE POTAZZINE – BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO DOCG – 2015 – TUSCANY
38) DONNA OLIMPIA 1898 ESTATE – MILLEPASSI – BOLGHERI DOC SUPERIOR 2016 – TUSCANY
39) MARISA CUOMO – FIORDUVA – AMALFI COAST FURORE WHITE DOC 2017 – CAMPANIA
40) SANTA BARBARA – LATE BUT NOT LATE – CASTELLI DI JESI VERDICCHIO RESERVE DOCG 2017 – MARCHE
41) GIOVANNI ROSSO DI ROSSO DAVIDE – BAROLO VINEYARD RIONDA ESTER CANALE DOCG 2015 – PIEDMONT
42) ISLANDS AND OLENA – CEPPARELLO – TUSCANY IGT 2016 – TUSCANY
43) ZIDARICH – VITOVSKA – VENEZIA GIULIA IGT 2017 – FRULI-VENEZIA GIULIA
44) CA' DEL BAIO – BARBARESCO ASILI DOCG 2016 – PIEDMONT
45) COUNT EMO CAPODILISTA – DONNA DARIA – FIOR D'ARANCIO EUGANEAN HILLS DOCG PASSITO 2016 – VENETO
46) BARALE FRATELLI – BAROLO BUSSIA DOCG 2015 – PIEDMONT
47) PODERE IL CARNASCIALE – THE CABERLOT – TUSCANY IGT 2016 – TUSCANY
48) ELENA FUCCI – AGLIANICO TITLE OF THE VULTURE DOC 2017 – BASILICATA
49) CAVALLOTTO – BAROLO RISERVA VIGNOLO DOCG 2013 – PIEDMONT
50) ANDREA FELICI – VINEYARD THE CANTICLE OF THE FIGURE – CASTLES OF JESI VERDICCHIO RISERVA CLASSICO DOCG 2016 – MARCHE
