The UK had a record-breaking 12 months on the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards with a primary Platinum win for wine from Essex
7 June — Full outcomes from the Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 have been launched right now (7 June), revealing spectacular wins for the UK, with 151 medals awarded, probably the most within the competitors’s historical past for homegrown wines and wines from UK supermarkets additionally reaching notable wins within the Worth class.
Now in its nineteenth 12 months, the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the world’s largest and most influential wine competitors, with unmatched international attain. Judged by prime wine specialists from across the globe, DWWA is trusted internationally for its rigorous judging course of.
As a part of this course of nearly 250 professional judges, together with 41 Masters of Wine and 13 Grasp Sommeliers, evaluated 18,244 wines from 54 international locations at DWWA 2022, making it a file 12 months for wines tasted.
Medal winners got here by way of 21 counties this 12 months representing the file breaking 12 months. Conventional methodology glowing wine and nonetheless Chardonnay wines topped the outcomes with Finest in Present, Platinum and Gold medal wines. There have been Silver medal wins for wines constituted of Bacchus, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir, Ortega and Pinot Noir Précoce (an early-ripening mutation of Pinot Noir).
Solely 50 wines have been awarded Finest in Present together with the Coates & Seely, Reserve Brut, Hampshire NV. Judges commented: “There’s no rule that English glowing wines should characteristic in our Finest in Present choice; high quality is all. 12 months after 12 months, although, it’s exactly the standard of these English glowing wines submitted to the DWWA that retains impressing our final-round judges and insisting on inclusion.”
Essex was awarded a Platinum medal for the primary time for the Vagabond Vineyard, Chardonnay 2020, which notched up a powerful 97 factors.
There have been seven Gold medals awarded to UK wines, Hampshire’s Hattingley Valley, Basic Reserve Brut NV, which is out there in Waitrose and by way of Ocado, Wiston Property, Blanc de Noir Brut 2014 from West Sussex, Gusbourne, Blanc de Noirs Brut 2018, Chapel Down’s Equipment’s Coty Chardonnay 2019 and Equipment’s Coty, Coeur de Cuvée 2016 all from Kent and Albury Property, Blanc de Noirs NV from Surrey.
For UK grocery store buys, drinkers also can take pleasure in a top-scoring Argentinian Malbec from the worth class (as much as the worth of £14.99) for The Finest Gran Montaña Reserve Malbec 2020 from Mendoza which was awarded the competitors’s prime accolade of Worth Finest in Present and out there at Morrisons.
Asda’s Additional Particular Palacio de Vivero Verdejo 2021 from Rueda, Spain was awarded a Worth Platinum medal.
Co-op supply three Worth Gold medal winners (as much as £14.99) together with its personal label Irresistible Carménère, Maipó Valley, Chile 2021, BDX Revolution, Cabernet Franc Rosé Bordeaux, France 2021 and New Zealand’s Vavasour Sauvignon Blanc 2021 from Marlborough.
Worth Gold medals will also be discovered at Waitrose for, Beronia Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2017 and at Morrisons for its The Finest Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur lie 2020 from the Loire, France.
Decanter World Wine Awards Co Chair, Sarah Jane Evans MW, stated: “Whether or not you might be in a restaurant or a excessive road grocery store, that Decanter World Wine Awards medal is de facto one thing you may belief.
“Value to me is essential. We’re all very worth aware in the mean time so we’re in search of worth. Should you see a Worth Platinum, for heaven’s sake choose it up – it’s nice worth.”
Ukraine had their finest exhibiting thus far with 82% of wines entered successful medals (14 in whole). Gold was awarded to Beykush Vineyard Reserve Chardonnay 2019 who took particular measures having their bottles hand-delivered by way of Hungary, understanding that successful this prestigious award would be the important thing to greater export success and essential revenue.
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About DWWA
Launched in 2004 and now in its nineteenth 12 months, the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the world’s largest and most influential wine competitors.
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Decanter is the world’s main wine media model with a complete month-to-month attain in extra of two million by way of its print, digital and social channels. It has a singular place on the earth wine market, with authoritative tastings and extremely educated professional contributors making it a must-read, each on-line and in its high-quality month-to-month print journal. Decanter was launched in 1975, making it one of many publishing world’s enduring success tales.
