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Celebrating Excellence in New Zealand Wine Celebrating excellence in New Zealand wine Results Catalogue 2019 Celebrating excellence in New Zealand Wine The New Zealand Wine of the Year™ is the official wine competition of the New Zealand wine industry. This is our official wine competition. Join us in celebrating excellence in New Zealand wine. Please use the official hashtags #nzwineoftheyear and #nzwine on social media: @nzwineoftheyear @nzwineoftheyear @nzwineoftheyear nzwine.com | #nzwineoftheyear #nzwine @nzwineoftheyear main depth of the show but also presented as a class of Organic wines in isolation. This gives the best wines the strongest opportunity to shine. Following the three days of judging, 76 gold medals were awarded. The average quality of the wines was very high with a strong return of both silver and bronze medals suggesting the current vintages of 2018 and 2019 are both good ones. A return of 6.3 % gold is true to industry Chair of standards and reflects a wine show with strong rigour in its judging. A further Judges Report example of this rigour is the audit process, carried out post judging to ensure the 2019 wines that win awards are true to the ones available in the marketplace. The second year of the New Zealand It is particularly pleasing to see a spread Wine of the Year™ continues the move of gold medals throughout the majority to a fresher format with a focus on re- of the New Zealand’s wine regions. The invigorating the New Zealand wine show larger areas of Marlborough, Hawke’s scene. The New Zealand Wine of the Bay and Central Otago again took out the Year™ aims to celebrate the entire New lion’s share of the awards with multiple Zealand wine industry with a particular golds also given to the Gisborne, Nelson lean towards vineyard excellence and and Canterbury regions. Golds were also regionality. The increasing relevance awarded to the Wellington and Auckland of Organic grape-growing and a move regions with Northland achieving strong towards a single vineyard focus in our silver medals. industry has been rewarded in this format. The gold medal list and resulting trophies The important commercial categories that show our maturing and evolving wine drive the volume and export sales remain industry beginning to more strongly display along with increased rewards for wines of a relationship between variety, style and provenance. wine region. More than ever we are finding With an increased focus on these a true sense of place in our very youthful categories, it is important that the wines wine industry. are judged in an appropriate manner Marlborough dominated the gold medal so as to Illustrate the differences and tally with close to 50% of the awards with a strengths. Wines are judged in regional particular strength in the Sauvignon Blanc brackets where feasible. Similarly, the category. Central Otago was prominent Organic wines are not only judged in the in Pinot Noir, as has been the recent norm nzwine.com | #nzwineoftheyear #nzwine @nzwineoftheyear while Hawke's Bay completely dominated international judges – Steve Flamsteed the full-bodied red category, while also (Australia) and Treve Ring (Canada). fighting Marlborough for Chardonnay International judges provide great bragging rights. The aromatic white global perspectives on wine varieties varieties were well divided between and styles and contribute hugely to the regions. Other individual highlights were stylistic direction of our wines. Also, to achieved by the smaller wine regions with James Millton, our resident Organics and Nelson, Canterbury and Gisborne having Biodynamics guru who infused his skill, both varietal and regional successes. knowledge and passion into the three Emerging and alternative wine styles were days of judging. Also, to Ben Glover who, also rewarded across multiple regions. as deputy-chair, was invaluable working alongside a team of 15 senior judges The newly introduced Provenance Class, and 10 associate judges. Altogether, this in its second year, was once again a very made an impressive line-up of wine- competitive class with each set of wines judging talent. The pool of talent is being judged over three vintages spanning a continually refreshed and rotated to minimum of 10 years. The top brackets include a diverse range of age, gender and demonstrated the potential for New background. I have every confidence that Zealand’s most age-worthy styles. the wines we have selected as a group are The gold medal winning wines then went a remarkably strong and diverse range of on to vie for 13 varietal trophies and eight world-class wines. regional awards. In a change to previous To the winners, please celebrate your awards, the varietal and regional awards success. To all others, please celebrate were declared prior to the Awards dinner with those who have won! celebration in Blenheim on November 16. The completion of this process is the awarding of the eight major trophies for the New Zealand Wine of the Year™. These trophies include the New Zealand Wine of the Year™ Champion Wine, Best Single Vineyard White Wine, Best Single Vineyard Red Wine, Best Open White Wine, Best Open Red Wine, Best Organic White Wine, Best Organic Red Wine and Best Wine of Provenance. Warren Gibson I would to thank the entire team who were Chair of Judges involved in the 2019 New Zealand Wine New Zealand Wine of the Year™ 2019 of the Year™; New Zealand Winegrowers, our many sponsors, judges, stewards and Shona White, the show coordinator. In particular, I wish to acknowledge our nzwine.com | #nzwineoftheyear #nzwine @nzwineoftheyear Trophies Awarded Top Trophies New Zealand Wine of the Year™ Champion 2019 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Syrah, Hawke’s Bay 2018 Champion Single Vineyard Champion Open Red Wine White Wine 2019 2019 Mud House Single Vineyard Sponsored by QuayConnect The Mound Vineyard Riesling, Saddleback Pinot Noir, Waipara Valley 2018 Central Otago 2018 Champion Single Vineyard Champion Open White Wine Red Wine 2019 2019 Sponsored by Hillebrand New Zealand Sponsored by Label and Litho Limited Thornbury Pinot Noir, Seifried Sauvignon Blanc, Central Otago 2018 Nelson 2019 Champion Organic Red Wine Champion Wine of 2019 Provenance 2019 Peregrine Pinot Noir, Villa Maria Reserve Gimblett Central Otago 2017 Gravels Syrah, Hawke’s Bay 2006/2013/2018 Champion Organic White Wine 2019 Peregrine Riesling, Central Otago 2018 nzwine.com | #nzwineoftheyear #nzwine @nzwineoftheyear Varietal Trophies Champion Syrah 2019 Sponsored by winejobsonline.com Villa Maria Cellar Selection Syrah, Champion Sparkling 2019 Hawke’s Bay 2018 Sponsored by WineWorks Lindauer Vintage Series Brut Cuvée, Champion Other White Wine Gisborne 2017 2019 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Viognier, Champion Gewürztraminer Hawke’s Bay 2018 2019 Sponsored by Riedel New Zealand Champion Other Red Wine 2019 Wairau River Gewürztraminer, The Boneline Amphitheatre Marlborough 2019 Cabernet Franc, Waipara 2018 Champion Pinot Gris 2019 Sponsored by Dish Magazine Regional Trophies Russian Jack Pinot Gris, Marlborough 2019 Best Wine - Auckland 2019 Villa Maria Single Vineyard Champion Riesling 2019 Ihumatao Chardonnay, Auckland 2018 Sponsored by Plant & Food Research Lake Chalice The Falcon Riesling, Best Wine - Canterbury 2019 Marlborough 2019 Mud House Single Vineyard The Mound Vineyard Riesling, Waipara Valley 2018 Champion Sauvignon Blanc 2019 Sponsored by Antipodes Water Company Best Wine - Central Otago 2019 Seifried Sauvignon Blanc, Nelson 2019 Thornbury Pinot Noir, Central Otago 2018 Champion Chardonnay 2019 Sponsored by Guala Closures Best Wine - Gisborne 2019 Isabel Estate Wild Barrique Chardonnay, Lindauer Vintage Series Brut Cuvée, Marlborough 2018 Gisborne 2017 Champion Sweet Wine 2019 Best Wine - Hawke's Bay 2019 Forrest Botrytised Riesling, Villa Maria Cellar Selection Syrah, Marlborough 2018 Hawke’s Bay 2018 Champion Rosé 2019 Best Wine - Marlborough 2019 Sponsored by New World Isabel Estate Wild Barrique Chardonnay, Two Rivers Isle of Beauty Rosé, Marlborough 2018 Marlborough 2019 Best Wine - Nelson 2019 Champion Pinot Noir 2019 Seifried Sauvignon Blanc, Nelson 2019 Sponsored by Guala Closures New Zealand Thornbury Pinot Noir, Best Wine - Wairarapa 2019 Central Otago 2018 Martinborough Vineyard Te Tera Sauvignon Blanc, Martinborough 2019 Champion Merlot, Cabernet and Blends 2019 Saint Clair Pioneer Block 17 Plateau Cabernet Merlot, Hawke’s Bay 2018 nzwine.com | #nzwineoftheyear #nzwine @nzwineoftheyear Sparkling 1a - Sparkling - Bottle Fermented Lindauer Special Reserve Blanc de Blanc NV Gold Lindauer Special Reserve Vintage Brut 2017 Gold Petit Cordon by Maison Mumm Brut NV Gold Rewa Méthode Traditionnelle Blanc de Blancs 2015 Gold Akarua Vintage Brut 2015 Silver Daniel Le Brun Rosé NV Silver Nautilus Cuvée Marlborough Brut NV Silver Villa Maria Méthode Traditionelle 2016 Silver Aotea by the Seifried Family Méthode Traditionnelle NV Bronze Church Road Blanc de Blanc 2015 Bronze Daniel Le Brun Blanc De Blanc 2012 Bronze Daniel Le Brun Non-Vintage NV Bronze Daniel Le Brun Vintage 2010 Bronze Deutz Marlborough Cuvée Blanc De Blanc 2016 Bronze Deutz Marlborough Cuvée NV Bronze Deutz Marlborough Cuvée Rosé NV Bronze Hunter's Miru Miru™ NV Bronze Hunter's Miru Miru™ Reserve 2015 Bronze Hunter's Miru Miru™ Rosé NV Bronze Hunter's Miru Miru™ Rosé NV Bronze Saint Clair Dawn Méthode Traditionnelle 2015 Bronze Te Hana Reserve Brut Cuvée NV Gewürztraminer 2a - Gewürztraminer - Dry Current Vintage Mount Riley Gewürztraminer 2019 Silver Zephyr Gewürztraminer 2019 Silver Clearview Estate Coastal Gewurtztraminer 2019 Bronze
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