The masterclass was hosted by Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) Asia Regional Chair Poh Tiong Ch’ng, a number one wine author in Singapore and a senior choose in a number of wine and spirit competitions.
Ch’ng named the masterclass The Revenge of Fruit and handpicked eight wines successful Gold, Platinum and Greatest in Present medals ‘for his or her pristine purity of fruit; varietal integrity; and, resounding affinity with their web site and terroir’.
The masterclass was fully-booked two weeks earlier than the truthful opened its doorways to 1000’s of commerce professionals.
Ch’ng launched the DWWA judging course of and scoring system to 50 attendees earlier than guiding them by means of the tasting of the featured wines and exploring the significance of fruit over oak. See beneath to find what was showcased.
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DWWA 2022: High award-winning wines featured at ProWine Singapore
Hattingley Valley, Traditional Reserve Brut, Hampshire, United Kingdom NV
Gold, 96 factors
(12.5%), 53% Chardonnay, 31% Pinot Noir, 16% Pinot Meunier
Delicate and sophisticated, this wine has nuts, citrus, flint, inexperienced apples and blossom on the nostril. Advanced, with a core of fruit supplemented by savoury bread flavours. Inexperienced apples, quince, honey, lemons, pear skins mingle with nuts, spice and a contact of flint. Assertive mousse and a daring inexperienced apple and honeysuckle end.
Chapuy, Distinctive Oger Chardonnay Brut Nature Grand Cru, Champagne, France 2014
Platinum, 97 factors
(12.5%), 100% Chardonnay
Deep and highly effective, but airborne and alive. The restrained aroma develops and opens to supply white flowers, lemon blossom, balm, and a light-weight contact of nuts. The palate reveals scrumptious lemon, apple, and melon, with some brilliant unique particulars. The mineral-dry, biscuity end reveals an accent of contemporary almond.
Tyrrell’s, Vat 1 Semillon, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia 2016
Greatest in Present, 97 factors
(11%), 100% Sémillon
Those that lengthy for freshness, restraint and petite shapeliness in white wine paired with a bracingly acidic palate shouldn’t confine their search to the northern hemisphere’s high-latitude wines. Australia’s nice authentic, Hunter Valley Semillon, presents simply this profile in youth — with the added lure of extra layers of fragrance, complexity and character because the cellar years cross. This traditional instance is, at six years outdated, on the cusp: these distinctive scents of lime, parsley and rue are starting to deepen, whereas the lean, saline fringe of youth is starting to melt and open. It’s as pure and pristine as any Riesling, any Coteaux Champenois, any Txakolina, although its restrained fruit characters if something makes it much more amenable than these wines at desk.
Gustave Lorentz, Vieilles Vignes Riesling, Grand Cru Altenberg-de-Bergheim, Alsace, France 2017
Platinum, 97 factors
(13.5%), 100% Riesling
Vibrant and alluring, with attractive aromatics of honey, ginger, chalk and grapefruit, then on to an opulent palate layered with lush, roasted pineapple, brilliant acidity and a saline minerality.
Pernod Ricard Ningxia, Helan Mountain Reserve Chardonnay, Helan Mountain East, Ningxia, China 2017
Gold, 95 factors
(12.5%), 100% Chardonnay
Advanced and intriguing bouquet, displaying scents of baked apples, ripe lemons and layered tropical fruits, with moist stone undertones. Youthful and contemporary on the palate.
Mont Verrier, La Tonne, Fleurie, Beaujolais, France 2020
Greatest in Present, 97 factors
(14%), 100% Gamay
In contrast with its different 9 Beaujolais cru friends, Fleurie isn’t ‘essentially the most’ of something – besides, that’s, of allure. The beautiful identify, too, guarantees a beguiling scent. This heady in addition to head-turning mixture is typically arduous to stay as much as in follow, however not right here. This wine is a darkish, opaque black-red, and from the second you dip your nostril into the glass, you’ll discover all the flower-fruited raise you count on, allied to flavours which fill the mouth with brilliant cherry and plum however achieve this in a manner which by no means calls both allure or scent into query. The wine’s weight is all fruit, too, with tissue-soft tannins, and the cherries and plums themselves proceed to evoke blossom as a lot as juicy, spurting flesh on the palate. You may, although, discover only a contact of granite stoniness within the end – sufficient to detain and thrill on the second (or third) glass. Drink as quickly as attainable, evenly chilled.
Famille Arnaud, Quart Du Roi, Côtes du Rhône Villages Laudun, Rhône, France 2019
Gold, 95 factors
(14.5%), 40% Grenache, 40% Syrah, 10% Mourvedre, 10% Counoise
This has loads of character with gummy fruit, bay leaf, natural, balsamic and black olive aromatics. The palate is chunky with a wealthy phalanx of herby fruit and highly effective structural attributes; lots to get your tooth caught into. Boozy however enjoyable with an appealingly advanced and rounded flavour.
Sandeman, 20 12 months Outdated Tawny, Port, Portugal NV
Gold, 95 factors
(20%), 30% Touriga Franca, 30% Tinta Roriz, 20% Tinta Amarela, 10% Tinta Barroca, 5% Tinto Cão, 5% Touriga Nacional
Seductive milk chocolate and rum raisin ice cream aromas. Lovely silky palate, extraordinarily refined with finesse with the proper stability of sweetness and alcohol. In tiptop form from each angle. An incredible instance of its type and a pleasant interpretation of the probabilities of this age class. Actually spot-on!