28 October 2013

Treasury Wine Estates Stars at 2013 Royal Wine Awards

Wines from across Treasury Wine Estates’ (TWE) portfolio received outstanding accolades at last week’s highly acclaimed Royal Melbourne Wine Awards. TW E collected more than 130 awards at the Melbourne event including four trophies and 22 gold medals for brands Abel’s Tempest, Coldstream Hills, Devil’s Lair, Matua Valley, , Rosemount Estate, Saltram, Seppelt, , Wynns Coonawarra Estate and Yellowglen.

Treasury Wine Estates Chief Winemaker, Mark Robertson said: “These outstanding awards are testament to our ongoing focus on quality across the TWE portfolio. This is a great reflection on the expertise at TWE and also on the diversity of our portfolio.”

Four of TWE’s wines stood out from the crowd for their collection of both a trophy and a gold medal. Rosemount Estate was awarded the Trophy for the Best Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Bordeaux Blend for the 2012 District Release McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon and the Trophy for the Best Grenache, Rhone Varietal or Rhone Varietal Blend for the 2012 Flagships Grenache Shiraz Mataro [GSM]. Rosemount was also recognised with two wines out of the final six wines that were shortlisted for the highly coveted Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy.

Coldstream Hills received the FIIG Securities Trophy for Best Sparkling for the 2009 Coldstream Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir Sparkling. This tops off a big year for the wine, which was also recently awarded Best Sparkling Wine at the 2013 Royal Perth Wine Show and Best Sparkling Wine at the 2013 Yarra Valley Wine Show.

Devil’s Lair’s 2012 The Hidden Cave Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz was awarded the Rural Finance Trophy for Best Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon blend, in addition to the Gold medal already awarded to the 2012 Fifth Leg Shiraz.

The Royal Melbourne Wine Awards (RMWA) was established in 1884 by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV) to promote excellence in Australian wine and winemaking practice. It is now one of Australia’s most prestigious wine awards and attracts over 3000 entries each year competing for 22 trophies.

TROPHIES

Brand Wine Award Coldstream Hills 2009 Chardonnay FIIG Securities Trophy for best Sparkling Pinot Noir Rosemount Estate 2012 District Release GraysOnline Trophy for best Cabernet McLaren Vale Sauvignon, Merlot or Bordeaux Varietal blend Cabernet Sauvignon Rosemount Estate 2012 Flagships GSM Glass Trophy for best Grenache, Red Rhone Varietal, or Rhone Varietal blend Devil’s Lair 2012 The Hidden Rural Finance Trophy for best Shiraz / Cabernet Cave Cabernet Sauvignon blend Sauvignon Shiraz

GOLD MEDALS

Coldstream Hills 2009 Chardonnay Pinot Noir Coldstream Hills 2011 Reserve Chardonnay Coldstream Hills 2012 The Esplanade Pinot Noir Rosemount Estate 2012 District Release McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Rosemount Estate 2012 Flagships GSM Rosemount Estate 2011 District Release McLaren Vale Shiraz Rosemount Estate 2010 Little Berry Shiraz Devil’s Lair 2012 The Hidden Cave Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Devil’s Lair 2012 Fifth Leg Shiraz Abel’s Tempest 2012 Chardonnay Pinot Noir Seppelt 2011 Drumborg Chardonnay Seppelt 2012 Jaluka Chardonnay Saltram 2012 Winemaker’s Selection Sangiovese Saltram 2011 Mamre Brook Cabernet Sauvignon Wolf Blass 2011 Gold Label Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Wolf Blass 2012 Red Label Shiraz Grenache Wolf Blass 2010 Grey Label Cabernet Shiraz Mildara 2011 White Label Cabernet Shiraz Rouge Homme 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon Wynns Coonawarra 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Yellowglen 2008 Vintage Perle Yellowglen 2006 Vintage Perle Rose

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