Top 100 WS: Italy shines only with Chianti Classico. While the wine of the year comes from Bordeaux

The St.-Julien 2016 of Château Léoville Barton, the wine of the year, arrives from Bordeaux, the no. 1 according to the prestigious and influential “Top 100” 2019 of the magazine Usa Wine Spectator, which has revealed the first 10 positions, waiting for the complete ranking, which will be published on November 18. Italy, for now, after the triumph of 2018, with Sassicaia 2015, has reached the podium with Chianti Classico, thanks to the 2016 vintage of the historic San Giusto a Rentennano, at position no. 3. Recognition that, in its own way, crowns the Gallo Nero as one of the largest and most constant Italian territories, able to repeat for two consecutive years the prestigious result, after the third place in the 2018 ranking, with the Chianti Classico Riserva 2015 of Castello di Volpaia.
From this year’s “Top 10”, however, also emerges the absence of Spain. These, then, are the top 10 positions:

1 - St.-Julien 2016 di Château Léoville Barton

2 - Cabernet Sauvignon Mount Veeder 2015 di Mayacamas

3 - Chianti Classico 2016 di San Giusto a Rentennano

4 - Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Reserve 2016 di Groth

5 - Brut Anderson Valley L’Ermitage 2012 di Roederer Estate

6 - Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2016 di Château de Beaucastel

7 - Chardonnay Carneros Hyde Vineyard 2016 di Ramey

8 - Château Pichon Baron 2016 di Baron de Pichon Longueville

9 - Puente Alto 2016 di Viña Almaviva

10 - Bin 798 2017 di Penfols