Amanda Barnes, Ben Gubbins and Dirceu Vianna Junior MW tasted 75 wines, with six Excellent and 48 Extremely really helpful.
Premium South American whites panel tasting scores
75 wines tasted
Distinctive 0
Excellent in 6
Extremely really helpful 48
Beneficial 21
Recommended 0
Truthful 0
Poor 0
Entry standards: producers and UK brokers had been invited to submit white wines with availability within the UK or US priced at £20/$20 or above, single varietal or blends, from any grape and any classic
I’m giving scores of above 90 like I’ve by no means given earlier than!’ exclaimed fellow panel taster Dirceu Vianna Junior MW, as we had been attending to the top of an extended, however scrumptious day of tasting. ‘I’ve been concerned with Decanter for greater than 10 years and I can not bear in mind so successful price.’
Vianna was not alone in his enthusiasm. Collectively we tasted 75 wines, and 72% of these wines scored 90 factors or above. At Decanter, which means it’s a wine that has complexity and precision – a benchmark wine. Something that touches, and even practically touches, Gold at 95pts isn’t solely exemplary however thrilling. And we tasted some thrilling wines.
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The highest-scoring premium South American whites:
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The judges
Amanda Barnes is a author and presenter specialising in South American journey and wine. A DWWA choose, she is writer of the award-winning South America Wine Information (£35 southamericawineguide.com).
Ben Gubbins is basic supervisor and WSET wine educator at Vagabond Wines in London. A local of Chile, he was beforehand with UK wine service provider Oddbins, transferring into the shopping for division in 2010, then working as UK & Europe gross sales director for Dos Andes Wines earlier than becoming a member of Vagabond in 2013.
Dirceu Vianna Junior MW is a wine author, advisor, educator and broadcaster. Transferring to the UK in 1989, he spent a lot of his profession as wine director for a number of the UK’s most outstanding wine distributors, and in 2008 he grew to become the primary South American male to acquire the Grasp of Wine title.
