Los 9 mejores vinos españoles de 2018 según Decanter

Un total de 9 vinos españoles lograron la máxima distinción en el prestigioso concurso mundial Decanter World Wine Awards 2018, cuyo avance de premiados se acaba de conocer.

Solo el 0.3% de los vinos probados en los ganaron una de las prestigiosas medallas Best in Show. Un total de 16. 903 vinos de todo el mundo fueron degustados este año, con 50 vinos galardonados con el galardón Best in Show, habiendo alcanzado previamente el nivel Platinum.

Los resultados completos de DWWA 2018 estarán disponibles, con notas de cata, el 29 de mayo

Francia obtuvo los premios Best in Show este año con 12 medallas, por delante de España con nueve galardones. Italia y Australia obtuvieron seis cada una, con otras medallas Best in Show que se dirigen a varios otros países del mundo, desde Nueva Zelanda, Sudáfrica y EE. UU. hasta Canadá y Grecia.

Los ganadores de Best in Show, ordenados por país:

España:

• Viñedos de Alfaro, Rodiles Blanco de Viura, Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2013
• Notas Frutales, Finca Garabelos Albariño, Rías Baixas, Spain 2016
• Viña Olabarri, Bikandi, Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2005. Stockist: Oliver’s Beer & Wine, £29 – www.oliversbeerandwine.co.uk
• Ysios, Grano a Grano, Rioja, Spain 2016
• Emilio Lustau, Almacenista Cayetano del Pino y Cia, Palo Cortado, Sherry, Spain NV. Stockist: Berry Bros & Rudd, £26.55 – www.bbr.com
• Ferrer Bobet, Vinyes Velles, Priorat, Spain 2015. Stockist: H2Vin, £41.25 – www.h2vin.co.uk
• Llopart, Ex·Vite Gran Reserva Brut, Cava, Spain 2008
• Lustau, 30 Years Old V.O.R.S, Oloroso, Sherry, Spain NV. Stockist: Hedonism Wines, £80.95 – www.hedonism.co.uk
• Hidalgo, Napoleón 30 Years Old V.O.R.S, Amontillado, Sherry, Spain NV. Stockist: Virgin wines, £56  –www.virginwines.co.uk

Argentina:

• Bodegas Fabre, Viñalba Gran Reservado Malbec, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina 2015. Stockist: Majestic Wine Warehouses, £16.99 – www.majestic.co.uk

Australia:

• Tapanappa, Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay, Piccadilly Valley (Adelaide Hills), South Australia, Australia 2016. Stockist: Edencroft Fine Wines, £52 – www.edencroft.co.uk
• Brown Hill Estate, Perseverance Cabernet-Merlot, Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia 2014
• McGuigan, Vineyard Select Sémillon, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia 2005
• Mr. Riggs, Shiraz, McLaren Vale, South Australia,  Australia 2015
• Calabria Family, Saint Petri Grenache-Shiraz-Mataro, Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia 2016
• Annie’s Lane, Copper Trail Shiraz, Clare Valley, South Australia, Australia 2016

Austria:

• Gritsch Mauritiushof, Kalkofen Riesling Smaragd, Wachau, Niederösterreich, Austria 2016. Stockist: Savage Selection, £33 – www.savageselection.co.uk
• Wieninger, Ulm-Nussberg, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wien, Austria 2016. Stockist: Liberty Wines, £29.99 – www.libertywine.co.uk

Canada:

• Thirty Bench, Small Lot Cabernet Franc, Beamsville Bench, Ontario – Niagara Peninsula, Canada 2015

Francia: 

• Château Beauregard, Pomerol, Bordeaux, France 2015. Stockist: Roberson – www.robersonwinemerchant.co.uk
• Piper-Heidsieck, Rare Brut, Champagne, Champagne, France 2002. Stockist: Harrods, £159.99 – www.harrods.com
• Domaine La Suffrene, Bandol, Provence, France 2017. Stockist:Les Caves de Pyrène, £19.49 – www.lescaves.co.uk
• Domaine de La Vougeraie, Charlemagne Grand Cru, Corton-Charlemagne, Burgundy, France 2015
• Domaine de La Vougeraie, Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru, Burgundy, France 2016
• Domaine de La Vougeraie, Les Mazoyères, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru, Burgundy, France 2016
• Château Auzias, Gloria Mundi, Cabardès, Languedoc-Roussillon, France 2015. Stockist: Le Bon Vin, £25 – www.lebonvin.co.uk 
• Fournier Longchamps, Le Parc, Savennières, Loire, France 2015. Stockist: Uncorked, £28 – www.uncorked.co.uk
• LePlan-Vermeersch, RS, Côtes du Rhône Villages Suze-la-Rousse, Rhône, France 2017. Stockist: Carringtons, £12.75
• Cave de Cairanne, Camille Cayran La Réserve, Cairanne, Rhône, France 2017
• Dopff au Moulin, Gewurztraminer, Grand Cru Brand, Alsace, France 2015. Stockist: Hallgarten Druitt Wines, £30.99 – www.hdnwines.co.uk
• Laurent Habrard, Cuvée Valérie, Crozes-Hermitage, Rhône, France 2016. Stockist: La Cave de Bruno, £25.5 – www.lacavedebruno.com

Alemania:

• Prinz von Hessen, Johannisberger Klaus Riesling, Grosses Gewächs, Rheingau, Germany 2016

Grecia:

• Artemis Karamolegos, Assyrtiko, Santorini, Aegean Islands, Greece 2016. Stockist: Noel Young, £23 – www.nywines.co.uk

Italia:

• Cantina Valle Isarco, Aristos Pinot Grigio, Alto Adige Valle Isarco, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy 2016. Stockist: Carson & Carnevale Wines, £22 – www.carsoncarnevalewines.com
• Mamete Prevostini, La Cruus, Valtellina Superiore Inferno, Lombardy, Italy 2015
• Cadis, Amarone della Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy 2015. Stockist: Continental Wines, £29.9 – www.continental-wine.co.uk
• Roberto Sarotto, Barbaresco Riserva, Piedmont, Italy 2013
• Donnafugata, Ben Ryé, Passito di Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy 2015. Stockist: Liberty Wines, £74.99 – www.libertywine.co.uk
• Poggio al Tesoro, Il Seggio, Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy 2014. Stockist: Liberty Wines, £20 – www.libertywine.co.uk

New Zealand:

• Ceres Wines, Composition Pinot Noir, Bannockburn, Central Otago, New Zealand 2015. Stockist: Matthew Clark, £20.99 – www.matthewclark.co.uk
• Elephant Hill, Reserve Chardonnay, Te Awanga, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand 2015. Stockist: Corney & Barrow, £30.95 – www.corneyandbarrow.com
• Vavasour, Sauvignon Blanc, Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand 2017. Stockist: Majestic Wine Warehouses, £11.99 – www.majestic.co.uk

Portugal:

• Blandy’s, Sercial, Madeira, Portugal 1968. Stockist: Vintage Wine and Ports, £270 – www.vintagewineandport.co.uk
• Sandeman, 40 Year Old Tawny, Port, Portugal NV. Stockist: Hedonism Wines, £127.99 – www.hedonism.co.uk
• Ferreira, Quinta do Porto, Single Quinta Vintage, Port, Portugal 2015. Stockist: Oakham Wines, £59.95 – www.oakhamwines.co.uk
• Vista Alegre, 40 Years Old, White, Port, Portugal NV. Stockist: Lanchester Wines, £120 – www.lanchesterwines.co.uk
• Quinta Nova, Unoaked Touriga Nacional-Touriga Franca-Tinta Roriz-Tinto Cão, Douro, Portugal 2016
• Justino’s, 50 Years Old, Madeira, Portugal NV. Stockist: Liberty Wines, £464.99 – www.libertywine.co.uk

Sudáfrica:

• Klein Constantia, Vin de Constance, Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa 2014. Stockist: Philglas & Swiggot, £55 – www.philglas-swiggot.com