Degli oltre 3.200 vini consigliati in Decanter per l’anno 2013, il nostro team di degustazione ha scelto non solo il punteggio più alto, ma anche i migliori vini di valore. Questi top 50 sono qui elencati in una pratica guida con prezzi aggiornati e rivenditori …
( Fonte Decanter )
P.S. ) Per brevità segnalerò unicamente i vini italiani, buone letture
48 Braida, Bricco dell’Uccellone, Barbera d’Asti, Piedmont, Italy 2009
18pts/20 (93/100pts)
Spicy, vibrant, black cherry nose with remarkable elegance. Sweet but not jammy: bright and fresh, with lively acidity and integrated alcohol. Limpid and long.
Price: £46.50 Hedonism
Drink 2014–2020
Alc 16%
43 San Giusto a Rentennano, Chianti Riserva, Tuscany, Italy 2009
18pts/20 (93/100pts)
Young and fragrant. The palate has great volume, with densely packed tannins and ripe, concentrated fruit on the finish. More solid than refined at the moment. Needs time.
Price: £28.50 Corney & Barrow
Drink 2015–2020
Alc 14%
33 Castello di Tassarolo, Spinola NS, Gavi, Piedmont, Italy 2011
18pts/20 (93/100pts)
Soft apple-crumble flavours that are tangy and broad not spritzy and lean, with an enveloping savouriness.
Price: £9.99 Vinceremos
Drink 2014
Alc 12.5%
31 Librandi, Cirò, Calabria, Italy 2012
18pts/20 (93/100pts)
A 100% Greco that is lively, summery and fruity. There’s a citrus zing to a pear drop and apple sherbet nose with soft sweet vanilla notes, and the palate displays appley, off-dry flavours and a rounded mouthfeel. Great to enjoy on its own.
Price: £8.75–£11.99 Blanco & Gomez, Christopher Keiller, Eclectic Tastes, Exel Wines, Fine Wine Co, Valvona & Crolla, Weald Wine Cellar, Winedirect
Drink 2014
Alc 12.5%
29 Mario Marengo, Brunate, Barolo, Piedmont, Italy 2006
18.25pts/20 (94/100pts)
The Brunate cru makes the most intensely perfumed and balanced Barolos of all. Plenty of floral finesse and energy here.
Price: £34.90–£38.90 Fine & Rare, Justerini & Brooks
Drink 2015–2025
Alc 14%
24 Tua Rita, Giusto di Notri, Tuscany, Italy 2010
18.5pts/20 (95/100pts)
Zesty, elegant oaky nose. Suave and succulent, with lovely mouthwatering fruit. Invigorating, with a long, chocolatey finish.
Price: £45.60–£59 Armit, Swig
Drink 2014–2022
Alc 14.5%
19 Pio Cesare, Fides, Barbera d’Alba, Piedmont, Italy 2010
18.5pts/20 (95/100pts)
Incredible vanilla and spice from the oak. Floral nose of rose and liquorice. Tannins are evident, but well integrated with good acidity. Amazing complexity with luscious summer fruit pudding character and exemplary length.
Price: £35 Edencroft Fine Wine, Exel Wines, Fine & Rare, Jeroboams, Planet of the Grapes, Portland Wine Co, Roberts & Speight, Whitebridge Wines
Drink 2014–2016
Alc 14.5%
18 Inama, Vigneti di Foscarino, Soave Classico, Veneto, Italy 2011
18.5pts/20 (95/100pts)
A fine Soave producer who has been in the business for more than 40 years. Garganega is hand-harvested from a single 10ha vineyard on basaltic lava soils. Gorgeous nose of honeyed citrus and melon, and a nutty, toasty character. Savoury notes mingle with citrus and stone fruit, and lead to a long, complex finish.
Price: £24 Swig
Drink 2014–2015
Alc 12.5%
14 Terredora, Fiano di Avellino, Campania, Italy 2011
18.5pts/20 (95/100pts)
Delightful hazelnuts and pear fruit on the nose and palate. Fine racy acidity and a good body.
Price: £16.10 Tanners
Drink 2014–2020
Alc 13%
3 Pian dell’Orino, Rosso di Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy 2010
19pts/20 (96/100pts)
Crisp hawthorn aromas, followed by rounder but still firm red cherry and raspberry flavours that coat rather than strangle your tongue for a richly digestible mouthful.
Price: £21.99–£33 AG Wines, Christopher Keiller, Exel Wines, Fine & Rare, Les Caves de Pyrène, Wine Bear
Drink 2014–2017
Alc 14%
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