Lots of nature and quality craftmanship: the second part of the organic wine tasting impresses the PAR® Jury by the high average quality and more remarkable courage on terroir.
Frasdorf, October 2021 – With a new uniformly named international name and brand image, the fourteenth ORGANIC WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL ran the tasting on October 1st – 04th, 2021. For the first time since the pandemic outbreak, the PAR® Jury could partly get together for an attended event. Accompanied by PAR® Certified Master colleagues based in the reliable virtual Tasting Room *), the Jury assessed 304 organic wines from 19 different countries. Twenty-six products were honoured with Top Gold, 155 wines received Gold, and 110 were decorated with Silver. Compliments went to the other 12 products. Summarising Spring and Autumn Tasting of this year's edition of the renowned contest, a new record of 1.116 organic wines from 21 countries was achieved, continuing previous years' success.
Germany took the most vital position in terms of the number of participants submitting 101 wines, followed by Austria, Italy and Spain. As measured by Top Gold awards, Germany could take nine out of 26 ones ensuring the leading position, followed by Austria with six medals, Italy and Spain with three each. Likewise, organic wines from Australia, Argentina, Denmark, France and Portugal were among the winners.
Italiens Bio-WinzerInnen erzielen 3-mal Großes Gold, 22-mal Gold, 18-mal Silber und eine Empfehlung
Italiens Gesamtsieger der Herbstverkostung 2021 fallen beide in die Kategorie Rotwein und erzielen 97 Punkte, somit Großes Gold: der 2017er Reciso vom toskanischen Weingut Beconcini, ein Naturwein aus der Sangiovese-Traube und traditionellem Zementfass-Ausbau, sowie der 2020er MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO DOC von Az. Agr. Jasci & Marchesani, stilistisch modern in Stahltank und Barrique ausgebaut.
Der bestplatzierte italienische Weißwein des Rankings stammt von der piemontesischen Azienda Vitivinicola La Zerba S.R.L- Società Agricola: Der traditionell in der Amphore ausgebaute 2020er Garvi Anfora aus biologisch angebauten Cortese-Trauben.
Italiens bestplatzierter Rosé, und zugleich internationaler Gesamtsieger in dieser Kategorie, ist mit 95 Punkten und einer Goldmedaille der 2020er RoséMarie vom Tröpfltalhof in Südtirol – aus Merlot- und Cabernet-Trauben traditionell im Qvevri vergoren.
High Overall Standard and „Lots of Quality Craftmanship“
The overall picture of this year Autumn edition of the ORGANIC WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL (formerly known as the international organic wine award) was characterised by the high average level. Around 59 per cent of the submitted organic wines achieved ratings in the Gold, and even Top Gold, range. This figure is nine percentage points higher than the results of the Spring Tasting. At the same time, only one product was reported to be faulty.
Darüber hinaus gab es nicht nur quantitativ einen Zuwachs im Bereich Naturwein zu verzeichnen; die Positionen überzeugten auch qualitativ: Von 26 eingereichten Naturweinen erzielten 4 Großes Gold und 15 eine Goldmedaille. Verkostungsleiter und WINE SYSTEM Vorstand Martin Darting: „Das Spektrum der Naturweine wird immer spannender. Es ist deutlich sichtbar, wie die ErzeugerInnen an Know-how und Erfahrung dazugewinnen. Zugleich gibt es hier weder Standards noch Sortentypizitäten; so unterschiedlich sind die Stile. Ein handwerklich herausragendes Beispiel ist, neben den Spitzenreitern aus Italien, etwa der 2020er Silvaner – ORANGE vom biodynamischen Weingut Brüder Dr. Becker am Rhein aus Holz- und Barriqueausbau.“
WINE SYSTEM Board Member Brigitte Wüstinger continues: „Also, in terms of terroir, it happens a lot in the organic wine scene. Stunning results have been achieved by finely tuned maceration and high enzyme activity at excellent sanitary standards as well as reasonable SO2 injection. A perfect example is, for instance, the reductively made 2021 Stoneleigh Organic Sauvignon Blanc coming from Pernod Ricard Winemakers located at the New Zealand wine region Marlborough that achieved Gold with 94 points.“
Differentiated and Transparent Assessment, Even If It Gets Tricky
To cope with the stylistic diversity of the international organic wine scene, the PAR® Certified Master Jury has long been working with oenological parameters like oxidation and reduction, tradition and modernity, along with mainstream categories like red or white wine. Likewise, there are stylistic subcategories like natural wine, terroir wine, extract – emphasised wine comprised by filtering the ranking results online.
Supplementary Information
| *) During the hybrid tasting in autumn 2021, a part of the jury operated virtually. The submitted wines were classified in the climatic, stylistic and analytic parameters. The wines were anonymised and numbered before being unpacked and presented to the jury in the determined order. In compliance with the PAR® method, the auditors operate in a crew of two. At the first step, each wine is tasted separately. A discussion follows this process. Once a consensus is reached, the results are thoroughly documented. |
Background Information:
Die WINE SYSTEM AG ist mit ihren drei Tätigkeitsfeldern Consulting, Education and PAR® high-quality contests seit 1999 kompetenter Partner für Winzer, Händler sowie Fachpublikum im Bereich Wein und Sensorik. Das Unternehmen befindet sich seit 2019 unter der Leitung der Vorstände Brigitte Wüstinger und Martin Darting und schreibt seit vielen Jahren namhafte Qualitätswettbewerbe für Wein aus – darunter der ORGANIC WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL, der PAR® WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL, der PiGUNDY WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL, der International PIWI Wine Award und viele kleinere Wettbewerbe. Die WINE SYSTEM Datenbank mit über 40.000 Weinen ist die Basis für das von Martin Darting entwickelte Bewertungssystem PAR®. Sie wird in der Fachwelt als umfassendes Informationsportal geschätzt und dient in vielen Bereichen als wichtiges Handwerkszeug. www.winesystem.de
Assessment with PAR®: Thanks to the transparency of the internationally recognized sensory testing system PAR, each submitted organic wine receives replicable and objective documentation of its sensory and oenological characteristics, respectively its authenticity, origin, and style. The PAR® training enables the qualified jury consisting of „PAR® Certified Masters“, for the most part, oenologists, sommeliers verified by the CCI and appropriately qualified wine experts to assess each wine neutrally, excluding personal preferences or preconceived opinions regarding “good taste.” In contemporary oenology, new international styles, likewise the traditionally made wines, experience appreciation and acceptance. The reproducible and differentiated methodology underlying the tasting provides the added value brought by this contest to the participants, far exceeding the pure marketing benefits. The detailed PAR® evaluation sheet is a proof instrument for quality management of wine-growing production.
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