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A handful of days ago I wrote about my choice of preferred wines from the Choice Sauvignon competitors and I promised to come back with information of the all round medal winners. So, right here you can study about some of the extremely most effective wines out of the 1210 that participated in the competitors.
But 1st a handful of words about how the competitors functions. Basically, the Concours Mondial du Sauvignon / Sauvignon Blanc Choice (or Planet Sauvignon Blanc competitors) is a completely “blind” tasting you know absolutely nothing about the wines you taste. You taste the wines in series of about a dozen wines and they are in some way “similar”, for instance, a series can be from a certain area, but you as a taster do not know which area. The only factor that you know is the vintage, but personally I discover that to be mostly irrelevant. Occasionally you can get some more details if it can have a certain effect on the evaluation of the wine, e.g. “this is oak-aged”.
So you generally taste all the wines absolutely blind and evaluate them merely primarily based on the impression you get when you taste them – their intrinsic top quality in your personal opinion.
Sauvignon, with me in the middle, The Sauvignon Choice, copyright BKWine PhotographyBKWine Photography
Some other competitions are “half blind”. They group the wines into what they take into account to be logical categories, for instance “Loire Valley sauvignon blanc in a cost variety in between five and 15 euro”. That tends to lead to that the tasters judge the wines extra on “typicity”, i.e. if they are common for the category they are in, rather than primarily based on their intrinsic top quality. Personally, I favor to judge the wine on their taste rather than on how they match some imaginary best taste profile. This can in some cases give great surprises when you are tasting and judging the wines devoid of preconceived concepts.
All wine tasting is primarily subjective. There is no way to judge wines “neutrally” or “objectively” on some universal top quality scale. (What is the objectively “perfect” quantity of acidity or “perfect” quantity of oak ageing? Effectively, it depends on your preferences). This getting mentioned, in most circumstances the five-7 judges in each and every tasting panel tends to have comparable opinions. But there are in some cases disagreements.
But let’s dive into the wines that stood out in the Concours Mondial du Sauvignon, or the CMB Sauvignon Choice.
Eight wines had been awarded particular trophies, so named “revelations”:
Most effective Sauvignon of the Competitors – Dubourdieu Trophy
- Sauvignon Blanc Sieme Eichberg 2021 Weingut Adam-Lieleg, Südsteiermark, Austria
Revelation Austria
- Sauvignon Blanc Neusetzberg 2020 Weingut Krispel, Vulkanland Steiermark, Austria
Revelation Blend
- Sauvignon Chardonnay 2022 Domaine Saint-Lannes (SARL Nicolas Duffour), Côtes de Gascogne IGP, France
Revelation France
- La Grande Chatelaine 2019 Vignobles Joseph Mellot, Sancerre, France
Revelation Italy
- Raif Sauvignon 2021, Azienda Vinicola d. Giovanett G. C. sas, Vigneti delle Dolomiti IGT (Trentino Alto Adige), Italy
Revelation New-Zeland
- Saint Clair Pioneer Block 1 Foundation Block Sauvignon Blanc 2022, Saint Clair Loved ones Estate, Marlborough
Revelation South Africa
- Gustus Sauvignon Blanc 2020, Darling Cellars, Darling, South Africa
Revelation Oaked Sauvignon – Tonnellerie Sylvain Trophy
- Villiera Bush Vine Sauvignon Blanc 2022, Villiera Wines, Stellenbosch, South Africa
All in all a bit much less than a third of the wines had been awarded some type of medal. You can discover all the medals at the Concours Mondial du Sauvignon right here.
The nation that brought dwelling the biggest quantity of medals was France which is not surprising because it is also the nation with the most sauvignon blanc vineyards. The Steiermark area in Austria was the wine area that won the most medals, with 85 medals. Encouraging, because the competitors will be held in Austria subsequent year. South Africa, that hosted the competitors this year, was awarded an impressive 56 medals, a clear illustration of that this is a thriving grape range in the nation. That is not surprising. It is a grape range that gets a lot of focus in South Africa and they even have an organisation to market it: Sauvignon Blanc South Africa.
Awatere Valley, Marlborough, New Zealand, copyright BKWine PhotographyBKWine Photography
The entire list of medal winners is lengthy so I will not topic you to that. But in addition to the above, I would like to give some particular recognition to some of the wines that showed properly but that had been from much less renowned locations when it comes to Sauvignon blanc:
One particular medal winner from Argentina:
- Sauvignon Blanc Extremo 2021 Bodega Altupalka, Salta
3 from Bulgaria:
- DiVes winery Sauvignon Blanc Aged in oak barrels 2020, PGI Thracian Valley
- Quantum Sauvignon Blanc 2022, Domaine Boyar
- Pearl White Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2022, Domaine Boyar
One particular from Chile:
- Casillero del Diablo Reserva Especial Sauvignon Blanc 2022, Valle de Colchagua
3 from Croatia:
- Sauvignon 2022 Vinarija Kopjar, Zagorje-Međimurje
- Sauvignon 2022 Vinarija Puhelek Purek, Prigorje-Bilogora ZOI
- Sauvignon 2022 Bolfan Vinski, Zagorje-Međimurje ZOI
One particular from the United States:
- Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2022 St. Supéry Estate Vineyards Winery, Napa Valley
3 from Greece
- Droumo Sauvignon Blanc 2021 Kir Yianni S.a, Macedonia, Regional Wine of Florina
- Samaropetra 2022 Kir Yianni S.a, Macedonia, Regional Wine of Florina
- Sauvignon Blanc 2022 Ktima Gerovassiliou, Macedonia
Two from Hungary:
- Bujdoso Sauvignon Blanc Choice 2021 Bujdosó Szolobirtok és Pincészet, Lake Balaton
- Haraszthy Clone Sauvignon 2021 Haraszthy Pincészet Ltd , , The Excellent Plain, Etyek-Buda
One particular from Northern Macedonia
- Sauvignon Blanc Barovo 2022 Tikves AD Kavadarci Winery
Two from Mexico
- Vinaltura Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Vinaltura SA de Cv, Querétaro
- GG By Gina Sommelier Sauvignon Blanc 2018 Hoteles y Viñedos del Valle de Guadalupe SA de CV, Baja California
One particular from Portugal:
- Lagoalva Sauvignon Blanc-Verdelho 2022, Quinta da Lagoalva Vinhos SA, Tejo
3 from Romania:
- Castel Sauvignon Blanc 2017 Jidvei Srl, Transylvanie, Târnave
- Sauvignon Blanc Coltul Pietrei 2021 Vitis Metamorfosis, Muntenia, Dealu Mare
- Domeniul Ciumbrud Sauvignon Blanc 2022 Sc Domeniile Boieru Srl, Transylvanie, Aiud
One particular from Slovenia:
- EK Vinarstvo Šmarje Unoaked 2021 EK Vinarstvo Šmarje d.o.o., Primorska
And lastly, two from Switzerland:
- Sauvignon Blanc La Mine 2022 Jean-Louis Mathieu, Valais AOC
- Château du Crest Sauvignon 2022 Domaine Château du Crest, Genève AOC
The complete final results of the Planet Sauvignon Blanc competitors are out there right here.
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We got into wine, gastronomy and travel for passion. We enjoy what we do and want to share it with you. “We” signifies Per and Britt, husband and wife group, Swedish nationals but primarily based in Paris because lengthy, extremely lengthy. We have contributed to several wine publications and now publish our personal on the internet wine ezine, BKWine Magazine. Our 5 wine books have won national and international awards, e.g. Most effective Wine Book in the Planet for Pros. We also run a wine travel small business, BKWine Tours (listed as “world’s most effective wine tours”), that requires us travelling about the world’s wine regions a third of the year. We each stop by some 200 wineries each and every year. Britt has been listed on Wine Business enterprise International’s Wine Media Energy List and Per was in a earlier life Vice President of an international tech business and an INSEAD alumni. Oh yes, we also have a single of the world’s most significant wine photography collections at BKWine Photography. You can connect with us by way of a single of our BKWine internet sites, or on Facebook, or on twitter @bkwineper.
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