19 WINES HEAD THE RANKINGS OF GUIDES ACCORDING TO CESARE PILLON OF THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE ”MILANO FINANZA”. FIRST IS KURNI, THEN SOLAIA, MONTEVETRANO, TERMINUM, SORÌ TILDIN, SASSICAIA, SORÌ SAN LORENZO, TORGIANO VIGNA MONTICCHIO RESERVE LUNGAROTTI

There are 19 wines that head the rankings of the 5 main Italian Guides (Gambero Rosso, Ais-Bibenda, Espresso, Veronelli, Maroni) according to the journalist Cesare Pillon who compiled the lists for the weekly “Milano Finanza”. In first place is Kurni 2007 of Oasi degli Angeli (total 472,5), second place Solaia 2006 of Marchesi Antinori (470), third place Montevetrano 2007 of the Montevetrano winery headed by Silvia Imparato (469), fourth place Gewürztraminer Terminum 2007 of the Termeno Winery (468), fifth place Sorì Tildin 2006 of Angelo Gaja (467), sixth place Bolgheri Sassicaia 2006 of the San Guido Farm (466), seventh place Sorì San Lorenzo 2006 of Angelo Gaja (466,5), eighth place Torgiano Vigna Monticchio Riserva 2007 di Lungarotti (463), wine which the Veronelli Guide did not assign 92/100 this year but last year, when they had a preview tasting.

In ninth place Giulio Ferrari Riserva of the Fondatore 2000 of the Lunelli family (462,5), tenth place goes to Montiano 2007 of Falesco (461,5) of the Cotarella family. In eleventh place, at equal merit (total points 460,5): Gewürztraminer Nussbaumer 2008 of the Termeno Winery; Franciacorta Brut Annamaria Clementi 2002 of Ca’ del Bosco and Franciacorta Extra Brut Vittorio Moretti 2002 of Bellavista.
Twelfth place goes to Moscadello di Montalcino 2007 of La Poderina (460), thirteenth place at equal merit goes to (total 459,5) Barolo Cannubi Boschis 2005 of Luciano Sandrone and Montepulciano d’Abruzzo San Calisto 2006 of Valle Reale. The fourteenth place at equal merit goes to (total points 458,5) Passito di Pantelleria Ben Ryè 2008 of Donnafugata and Flaccianello 2006 of Fontodi. Finally, in fifteenth position at equal merit: Carignano del Sulcis Terre Brune 2005 Santadi winery; Caberlot 2006 of Il Carnasciale and Lupicaia 2006 of Castello del Terriccio (total points 458).

The ranking of the best Italian wines is obtained by transforming the votes expressed in glasses by Gambero Rosso, in grapes by Ais and in cents by L’Espresso and then adding these to the votes expressed in cents by the Veronelli and Maroni guides.

Source: Milano Finanza