Veronelli Guide 2023: the South remains out of the five best tastings of Italian wines

Selected 16.625 wines. The Top Five section of the best tastings rewards the North. Assigned the Three Gold Stars to 436 wines that have obtained a minimum evaluation of 94/100. The companies that have received the ten Sun

The South is excluded from the section "The best tastings" with which the judges of the Veronelli 2023 Guide, after a selection of 16.625 vini for a total of 2.104 producers, evaluate the five wines that, in the respective typology, have achieved the highest rating in cents and which therefore represent by far the best wines tasted by the Curators for this edition of the Guide. And the center manages to place only one Tuscan wine. The five awarded with the laurels are in fact composed as follows: Best Sparkling Wine 2023 is the Trento Brut di Riserva del Fondatore 976 2011 of the Letrari company (Rovereto TN) and Best White Wine is the Dut'Un Venezia Giulia Bianco 2019 of Vie di Romans ( Mariano del Friuli GO). At Sì Costa Toscana Rosato 2021 by Duemani (Riparbella PI) goes the palm of Best Rosato; The Barolo Riserva Falletto Vigna Le Rocche 2016 by Bruno Giacosa (Neive CN) was judged as the best red wine. Finally, the Best Sweet or Meditation Wine is the South Tyrolean Le Petit 2018 produced by Manincor (Caldaro – Kaltern BZ).

In total, the Guide this year awarded the Three Gold Stars 436 wines that represent Italian winemaking excellence from South Tyrol to Sicily award attributed exclusively to wines that have achieved an evaluation of at least 94/100 by the jurors.

Veronelli guide 2023: the assignment of special prizes

La Guide Veronelli also awarded ten Suns, special prizes assigned to "tales in the form of wine” representative of the competence, creativity and commitment of Italian producers. This year, the prestigious prize was awarded to Freisa d'Asti Superiore Sorì di Giul 2017 by Tenuta Santa Caterina (Grazzano Badoglio AT), Colline di Levanto Vermentino Luccicante 2021 by Cà du Ferrà (Bonassola SP), Trentino Superiore Cembra Müller Thurgau Viàch 2020 from Corvée (Cembra Lisignago TN), Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio Passito 2018 from Cà Lustra – Zanovello (Cinto Euganeo PD), Lambrusco di Sorbara Spumante Brut 36 2015 from Cantina della Volta (Bomporto MO), Cortona Vin Santo Occhio di Pernice 2008 by Leuta (Cortona AR), Capolemole Rosso Lazio 2019 by Marco Carpineti (Cori LT), Costa d'Amalfi Tramonti Bianco Colle Santa Marina 2020 by Apicella Giuseppe (Tramonti SA), Sicilia Nero d'Avola Vrucara 2018 by Feudo Montoni (Cammarata AG), finally Carignano del Sulcis Riserva Santomoro 2019 by Vigne Bentesali (Sant'Antioco CA).

Finally, the Veronelli 2023 Guide has assigned the title of Great Debut to 26 labels, these are the wines that, on their first appearance, have reached or exceeded the threshold of excellence.