NILVA continues to reap success and, after being chosen as the best Sierras de Málaga Designation of Origin wine of 2021, it has now been selected for the top 10 of the Best White Wines in Spain of 2022. This category highlights the high standard of the white wines submitted this year, with 10 wines scoring above 95 points, a milestone not previously reached. Five wines scored 96 points, among them NILVA, three scored 97 points, one scored 98 points and one wine came close to perfection with 99 points.
10 wines from 10 wineries, with Galicia as the main representative, as Ribeiro is the area and designation of origin with the most wines in the TOP 10, with four entries. Six of these wines come from this great land of white wines (2 under the Rías Baixas D.O. and 4 under the Ribeiro D.O.), one from Bierzo and another from Castilla y León. Andalusia was represented by one wine from Granada and the one from Manilva.
10 wines that won a Grand GOLD medal at the most recent IV CIVAS Competition, held in November 2021.
Over the last 18 months, the team at the AkataVino Wine Magazine & Guide, directed by Antonio Jesús Pérez and María Navarro, has tasted and rated more than 3,000 wines from 1,000 wineries, and only the wineries with wines scoring 90+ points received a direct nomination to take part in the IV CIVAS Competition 2021 (Spain’s International Sommeliers Wine Competition). The nominated wines were assessed over two weeks in double-blind tastings.
The JURY of the IV CIVAS Competition 2021 and the COMMITTEE of the AkataVino Magazine & Wine Guide present the XIX AKATAVINO AWARDS 2022 to the Best Wines of the year in Spain, releasing TOP 10 lists of the best wines for each type and main production area.
