Frasdorf, March 2023 – For the 3rd time since the launch of the thematically open award, the WINE SYSTEM jury tasted the WINE AWARD INTERNATIONAL at the beginning of March. It is the first in the annual program and it is highly rated by the PAR® Certified Master Jury. The reason: the oenological diversity. Traditional craftsmanship, modern winemaking and experimental wines, rare grape varieties, diverse origins - everything is there and thanks to PAR® the team is methodically well equipped. A look at the 13 Grand Gold wines gives an idea of the range. They come from 7 countries in the most diverse climatic zones and show that quality is anything but uniform: from natural red wines from Sweden to traditional Vin Santo from Italy to modern 99-point white wines from Portugal aged reductively in steel tanks. In additional, 111 wines were awarded gold, 125 silver and 34 bronze.
The Grand Gold wines and producers per category
- Category of White Wine: the overall winner from the Quinta de Soalheiro winery with 99 points, the 2022 Soalheiro Granit as well as, with 96 points each, the 2022 Sentona from the winery of the very same name in the Rahovec region, Kosovo, the 2022 Kydonitsa from the Estate Theodorakakos, Peleponnes - Greece, and the 2020 Chardonnay Spätlese from the organic winery Galler in the Pfalz.
- Category of Red Wine: with 97 points the 2017 Pinot Nero di Casa Rossa from the biodynamic Fattoria La Vialla in Tuscany, Italy, and, with 96 points each, the biodynamically produced 2022 Artisan 2'3'8 from Vejby Vingård in the Swedish county of Skåne and the 2019 Janu' Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC from the Jasci & Marchesani winery in Abruzzo, Italy.
- Category of Dessert Wine: with 98 points each for the 2012 Centvrione from the Frattini Laura winery in Marche, Italy, and the 2021 Heppenheimer Stemmler Souvignier Gris Eiswein from Bergsträßer Winzer eG on the Hessische Bergstrasse, Germany, and with 96 points each for the biodynamically produced 2018 Vin Santo del Chianti DOC from Fattoria La Vialla, Tuscany - Italy, the 2022 Ortega Beerenauslese - Kloster Liebfrauenberg from the Gebrüder Anselmann winery in the Pfalz, Germany, and the 2022 Late Harvest Muscat Ottonel (kosher/bio) from the Hafner Family Estate on Lake Neusiedl, Austria.
- Category of Specialty Wines: with 96 points the 2021 Risky from Leonhard Huppert in Rheinhessen, Germany - an oxidative Riesling aged in quarter cask (whisky barrel) and steel tank.
The top rankings in the other categories are
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- Category of Rosé Wine: with 92 points and gold each, the 2021 Rosato N.1 biodynamic from La Villa Mergo in Marche, Italy, the 2021 Schwarze Erde rosé from Weingut Leonhard Huppert in Rheinhessen, Germany, as well as the 2022 Uhudler dry from Weingut Trummer in Styria, Austria.
- Category of Sparkling Wine: with 94 points and gold each, the 2020 ECELO I° from Ca' da Roman Società Agricola in Veneto, Italy, as well as the Cava 1+1=3 Brut Rosé Pinot Noir Reserva Familia and Julià & Navinès Brut - both from the U MES U winery in Penedés, Spain.
The only award with free debriefing for participants
Whereas most awards are used solely for marketing purposes, WINE SYSTEM - Trust your Senses has made a name for itself by providing not only points and medals, but also essential information for quality management. Data on the method of production and ingredients of the wines are collected before the sensory components are meticulously documented in the blind tasting by a team of two, and only in the third step are they qualitatively classified in terms of origin, climate, and type of production as well as drinkability. All this is recorded in a data sheet, the PAR® sheet. This procedure ensures that participants know afterwards what they can improve. In order to clarify questions of understanding, the PAR® Master Jury offers a free telephone debriefing of the evaluations, which is increasingly used by winegrowers in particular.
WINE SYSTEM quality assurance consultant Alexander Morandell: "We are honored that both long-established and young wineries entrust us with their wines in order to find out in which segments they can be improved. Because that is precisely the strength of our rankings: the content of information. We encourage you to make use of the telephone debriefing; it is important to us that the added value of PAR® reaches the producers. “
If you want to have a look for yourself, you can check out the tasting results in great detail online. Click on the PAR® logo to see the respective data sheet. winesystem.de/en/wine-award-int/results/
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