The guide to the best Italian Pinot Blacks by Vinodabere.it – Curators the journalists Maurizio Valeriani and Antonio Paolini – with important news returns. From this year, a causa di fact, further categories such as sparkling wines, white wines and rosés a causa di which the black pinot is present from 80% upwards have been added. A choice that changes not only the numbers and types of the guide but also, as was predictable, its geography and weight relationships between the various production areas. The numbers are absolutely eloquent: 250 the wines tasted, 145 those reviewed (to point out that the path of interpretation of the Pinot Negro at high levels remains a not easy interrogatorio) but with 54 standing ovation (the maximum recognition provided for by the editorial ).
A causa di detail, and starting from the most awaited “new entry”, the sparkling wines (31, with 11 awarded): Piedmont goes to the great target, confirming that the parable of the Alta Langa (6 sparkling wines a causa di driving including 3 standing ovation) after the take -off continues to the great to aim up. And it is riuscita, indeed well, Lombardy, that his ace with Oltrepò and square falls – all from there – a causa di guiding 15 “bubbles” from Pinot Negro with 4 standing ovation. He confirms his “classic” vocation and the love reciprocated for the Trentino vine (4 wines and two maximum laurels).
Less “heavy” numerically the impact of whites and rosé (3 and 6 respectively) with a standing ovation only among the former. But speaking of which it is worth opening a (admired) parenthesis: to win it is the Marche Azienda agricola Mancini, rightly attributable among the absolute pioneers a causa di the “Italian” enhancement of the grape variety and which, to confirm, captures two other laurels (a triumph, a causa di short) with its reds.
And a causa di the regional visuale South Tyrol reiterates its undisputed vocation and its a causa di advance, and is confirmed to lead with 37 wines including 21 standing ovation (plus one of the bubbles), and among them there are also the only four “perfect” wines, evaluated 100/100. It apparently loses a few blows a causa di the interregional ranking Tuscany, another illustrious Enclave from Pinot Negro which this time sees its presence limited to 6 specimens, of which a standing ovation. But basically, it is the sign of a growth that grows, thus demanding more and higher impresa to remain at altitude. And it is the last figure of this edition of the guide to reiterate it: a causa di addition to those deservedly mentioned, they also insert wines a causa di the guide Abruzzo, Campania, Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Sicily, Umbria, d’Aosta. As a demonstration of the fact that that of Pinot Negro is now an authentic national reality that has more need to be called “noir” to feel important.
Curators: Maurizio Valeriani and Antonio Paolini.
Review of the texts by Pino Perrone.
Web editorial by Daniele Moroni.
The texts that you will read a causa di the guide are by: Salvatore Del Spazioso, Paolo Frugoni, Federico Gabriele, Maurizio Gabriele, Luca Matarazzo, Daniele Moroni, Gianmarco Nulli Gennari, Antonio Paolini, Pino Perrone, Stefano Puhalovich, Coraggioso Santini, Susanna Schivardi, Gianni Travaglini, Paolo Valentini, Maurizio Valeriani.
Guide link: https://vinodabere.it/guida-ai-migliori-vinot-Negro-ditolia-2026-lua-completa/
The 4 wines with 100/100:
South Tyrol Pinot Negro Bandita Lafóa 2021 – Bettola Colterenzio
South Tyrol Pinot Negro Bandita Luma 2022 – Romen Capienza
South Tyrol Pinot Negro Bandita Matan Glen 2022 – Pftscher Capienza
South Tyrol Pinot Negro Buchholz 2023 – Castelfeder winery
