DWWA winners impress at Decanter’s inaugural Effective Wine Encounter in Singapore

Decanter’s flagship Effective Wine Encounter captivated Singapore’s wine aficionados with a formidable one-day occasion.

Drawing over 550 friends and 54 esteemed producers from 13 international locations, attendees explored a unprecedented array of wines through the Grand Tasting and a sequence of unique masterclasses. These included highlights reminiscent of Clos de Vougeot from Burgundy, Pauillac’s iconic Château Lafite Rothschild and Decanter’s first whisky masterclass, that includes Japan’s Nikka Whisky.

The Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) Winners’ Showcase stood out, presenting 45 wines awarded a minimum of 95 factors, all with Gold, Platinum or Finest in Present accolades. This choice was among the many most various but, permitting friends to begin with much less travelled UK glowing wines, proceed by way of a formidable vary of classic Cavas, grower Champagnes, whites, rosés and reds, and conclude with a restricted VORS 30 Years Sherry.

Attendees sampled among the Prime 50 wines of the 2024 competitors, such because the 97-point Lowestoft Jacoben Pinot Noir 2022 from Tasmania, Spain’s Aponte Plus Tempranillo 2018, Italy’s Cesari Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva 2015, and Spain’s Bodegas Tradición 30 Years Amontillado.

Additionally notable have been 13 Platinum medal winners, all scoring 97 factors, together with Domaine Louis Moreau’s Clos des Hospices dans Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru 2021 and Domaine Perraud’s Viré-Clessé 2022, representing among the competitors’s finest white Burgundies.

This occasion not solely marked Decanter’s Singapore debut but in addition its return to Asia after 5 years, following a profitable Effective Wine Encounter in Shanghai.

Discover beneath the total checklist of DWWA 2024 award-winning wines featured on the Winners’ Desk in Singapore, and discover extra occasion highlights right here.

Glowing

• Gusbourne, Boot Hill Blanc de Blancs Brut, Kent, England 2018
  Gold, 95 factors
• Artelium, Curators Cuvée, West Sussex, England 2018
  Gold, 95 factors
• Domaine Serene, Evenstad Reserve Brut, Dundee Hills, Oregon, USA NV
  Gold, 96 factors
• Castell d´Or, Imperial Gran Reserva Brut Nature, Cava, Spain 2018
  Gold, 95 factors
• Vins Familia Ferrer, Can Sala Brut Nature, Cava, Spain 2013
  Gold, 96 factors
• Uncommon Champagne, Brut, Champagne, France 2013
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Saint-Réol, Elégance Brut Grand Cru, Champagne, France 2012
  Gold, 96 factors

White

• Cave Mont Blanc, Morgex et la Salle, Valle d’Aosta, Italy 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Vigne Cappato, Ghjlà, Vermentino di Gallura Superiore, Sardinia, Italy 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Félix Solís, Medusa Albariño, Rías Baixas, Spain 2023
  Gold, 96 factors
• Canava Chrissou Tselepos, Vieilles Vignes, Santorini, Aegean Islands, Greece 2021
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Bantegnies, Château Haut Bertinerie, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Castello di Spessa, Santarosa, Collio, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2022
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Eugenio Collavini, Broy, Collio, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 2021
  Gold, 95 factors
• Domaine Louis Moreau, Clos des Hospices dans Les Clos, Chablis Grand Cru, Burgundy, France 2021
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Domaine Perraud, Viré-Clessé, Burgundy, France 2022
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Domaine Naturaliste, Artus Chardonnay, Margaret River, Western Australia 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Flametree, SRS Wallcliffe Chardonnay, Margaret River, Western Australia 2022
  Gold, 96 factors

Rosé

• Vinaria Purcari, 1827 Rose, Stefan Voda, Moldova 2023
  Gold, 95 factors
• Hacienda López de Haro, Classica Gran Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2012
  Platinum, 97 factors

Pink

• Lowestoft, Single Winery Jacoben Pinot Noir, Derwent Valley, Tasmania, Australia 2022
  Finest in Present, 97 factors
• Histoire d’Enfer, l’Enfer du Calcaire Pinot Noir, Salquenen, Valais, Switzerland 2019
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Herència Altés, La Pilosa, Terra Alta, Spain 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Bodega Son Antem, Camins de Mallorca, Mallorca, The Islands, Spain 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Bodegas Frontaura, Aponte Plus Tempranillo, Toro, Spain 2018
  Finest in Present, 97 factors
• Pago del Cielo, Celeste Reserva, Ribera del Duero, Spain 2019
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Bodegas Lan, Culmen Reserva, Rioja, Spain 2019
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Château Rombeau, Le Botaniste Reserve Fig 4 Grenache-Syrah-Mourvèdre, Côtes du Roussillon Villages, Languedoc-Roussillon, France 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Domaine des Peyre, Arte, Ventoux, Rhône, France 2021
  Gold, 95 factors
• Perinet, Vinya Pendents Carinyena, Priorat, Spain 2018
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Vignobles Luc Schweitzer, Château Bourdieu N°1, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Château La Dominique, St-Émilion GCC, Bordeaux, France 2018
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Château La Croix Lartigue, Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France 2020
  Gold, 95 factors
• Perelada, Finca Garbet, Empordà, Spain 2019
  Gold, 95 factors
• Church Highway, Grand Reserve Syrah, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand 2021
  Gold, 95 factors
• Trivento, Golden Reserve Malbec, Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Viña del Nuevo Mundo, Las Niñas Ella Reserva Natural Carmenere, Apalta, Colchagua, Chile 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Kir-Yianni, Diaporos Xinomavro, Imathia, Macedonia, Greece 2019
  Gold, 95 factors
• Josetta Saffirio, Perno, Barolo, Piedmont, Italy 2019
  Platinum, 97 factors
• Ernie Els, Main Sequence Cabernet Sauvignon, Stellenbosch, South Africa 2022
  Gold, 95 factors
• Celler Pasanau, Finca La Planeta, Priorat, Spain 2020
  Gold, 96 factors
• Cà Dei Maghi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva, Veneto, Italy 2016
  Gold, 95 factors
• Cesari, Bosan, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva, Veneto, Italy 2015
  Finest in Present, 97 factors

Fortified

• Bodegas Tradición, 30 Years, Amontillado, Sherry, Spain NV
  Finest in Present, 97 factors
• Hijos de Alberto Gutierrez, De Alberto Dorado, Rueda, Spain NV
  Platinum, 97 factors

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