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Wine Searcher, the US-based wine search engine, released some data on the most expensive and most appreciated Italian wines in the international markets.On the winner’s spot we find Quintarelli with its Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG. For the silver and bronze medals we find Masseto and Conterno.
This reliable database from Wine-Searcher gives u
pdated data to July 2014 and it’s filtered from the general ranking, where no Italian wines are in top 50 of the most expensive wines – of course, the gold medal go to France.
pdated data to July 2014 and it’s filtered from the general ranking, where no Italian wines are in top 50 of the most expensive wines – of course, the gold medal go to France.The list is based on the average price in US dollars of a 750ml standard bottle, considering all the possible vintages. The information are a weighted average of around 50 thousand wine shops enlisted in several databases with over 6 millions of wines purchasable.
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| Ranking | Name | Average Price (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG Veneto, Italy | 754 |
| 2 | Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Masseto Toscana IGT – Tuscany, Italy | 741 |
| 3 | Giacomo Conterno Monfortino, Barolo Riserva DOCG, Italy | 678 |
| 4 | Falletto di Bruno Giacosa ‘Falletto’ Riserva, Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy | 611 |
| 5 | Biondi Santi Tenuta il Greppo Riserva, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy | 575 |
| 6 | Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG, Tuscany, Italy | 507 |
| 7 | Avignonesi Occhio di Pernice Vin Santo di Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy | 495 |
| 8 | Miani ‘Calvari’ Refosco Colli Orientali del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy | 490 |
| 9 | Giuseppe Quintarelli ‘Amabile del Cere’ Passito Bianco Veneto IGT, Italy | 468 |
| 10 | Giuseppe Quintarelli ‘Alzero’ Cabernet Veneto IGT, Italy | 461 |
| 11 | Romano Dal Forno Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta, Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG, Italy | 451 |
| 12 | Case Basse di Gianfranco Soldera Intistieti, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG, Italy | 448 |
| 13 | Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio Barolo Monprivato Ca d’Morissio Riserva, Barolo DOCG, Italy | 419 |
| 14 | Romano Dal Forno Vigneto Monte Lodoletta, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG, Italy | 402 |
| 15 | Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG, Veneto, Italy | 390 |
| 16 | Giuseppe Quintarelli Recioto della Valpolicella Classico DOCG, Veneto, Italy | 388 |
| 17 | Gaja Sori San Lorenzo Barbaresco-Langhe, Piedmont, Italy | 386 |
| 18 | Gaja Sori Tildin Barbaresco-Langhe, Piedmont, Italy | 376 |
| 19 | Gaja Costa Russi Barbaresco-Langhe, Piedmont, Italy | 366 |
| 20 | Bruno Giacosa Villero di Castiglione Falletto, Barolo DOCG, Italy | 366 |
