New Zealand Wines Take Top Spots In Highly Anticipated Awards

New Zealand-made wines have taken 42 of the 50 placings
within the New
World Wine Awards Top 50 record introduced
at present.

Over the competitors’s 19-year historical past the
outcomes have turn out to be a extremely anticipated, ‘go to’ record
for award-winning drops which are each extensively accessible and
reasonably priced. All of the High 50 wines are actually accessible in
liquor-selling New World shops nationwide for $25 or
much less.

It took three full days of judging, carried out in
Blenheim previous to the latest lockdown, to search out the most effective
wines amongst greater than 1,100 entries from round New Zealand
and the world.

“After swirling, sniffing, tasting
and spitting, plenty of retasting, and much more dialogue,
our impartial judging panel lastly reached a consensus on
the 50 greatest wines,” says Co-Chair of Judges Sam
Kim.

“Our judging is ‘blind’ – we don’t know
the model of any wine, and we assess to worldwide
requirements. Each one in all these winners have actually earned
their place within the High 50 and we’re actually excited for
customers to discover the record for themselves.”

The
2021 New World Wine Awards High 50 consists of many basic
favourites from native winemaking sizzling spots like Marlborough,
Hawke’s Bay and Central Otago, alongside stand out wines
from smaller-producing areas, thrilling first-time winners
and attention-grabbing new varieties.

“The successful wines
will attraction to a broad vary of wine lovers, from these
in search of a basic option to these with a want to
experiment and discover.”

A toast to the ‘triple
crown’ years

Kim says that the judges have been
offered with an extremely sturdy area once more this 12 months,
thanks partly to a few excellent winegrowing seasons in
New Zealand.

“The vintages of 2019, 2020 and 2021
might be remembered as ‘The Triple Crown’ for a lot of of our
native wine areas and particularly for our most famed wine,
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc.”

Certainly, customers will
be spoilt for selection with Marlborough delivering 19 of the
High 50 wines together with well-known identify Yealands taking the
Champion Sauvignon Blanc title, te Pā the Champion
Chardonnay, and Rapaura Springs the Champion Pinot
Gris.

Hawke’s Bay was shut behind clinching seven
of the highest spots together with native icon Trinity Hill’s
trifecta of Champion titles for Syrah, Purple Mix and Purple
Wine of the Present, whereas Otago retained its prowess in Pinot
Noir with three successful wines.

In the meantime New
Zealand’s smallest wine areas – some representing simply
1% to three% of the nation’s whole wine manufacturing, punched
above their weight with High 50 wines from Gisborne,
Wairarapa, Nelson and Canterbury.

New and uncommon
varieties take pleasure of place on cabinets
nationwide

For wine drinkers in search of one thing
new, there are a number of thrilling varieties nestled among the many
massive names too, says Co-Chair Jen Parr.

“The New
World Wine Awards strives to welcome a variety of entries
to offer smaller wineries an opportunity and allow a listing that
that spans not solely areas, however varieties and preferences
too – and it’s actually paid off this 12 months.”

For
instance, Albariño, a Spanish selection that’s quick gaining a
foothold in New Zealand vineyards, has made the High 50 once more
for the second 12 months working, this time from Villa Maria’s
Reserve vary.

“Albariño is comparatively new to Kiwi
palates, however it’s proper up our alley and is actually beginning
to develop a following. To me it tastes a bit like somebody
bottled sunshine and a heat sea breeze, and it’s the
good match to a summer season’s night and recent
seafood.”

Even rarer, a 2015 Ehrenfelser from first
time-winner Lone Goat, is a should strive for those who like fragrant
wines and are eager for one thing new, however “you’ll have
to be fast” insists Parr!

“There is just one
industrial hectare of the German Ehrenfelser grape grown in
New Zealand, and there are simply 1800 bottles of this
stunning six-year-old wine accessible. It truly is
one thing particular.”

Different rising selection wines in
the High 50 come courtesy of Argentina with a Malbec, Spain
with a Tempranillo and by way of Australia with a Petite
Sirah.

Development-setters return with a recent
strategy

The 2021 New World Wine Awards High 50 additionally
reveals that stylish wines will be top-notch too.

In
whole, 9 Rosé wines earned a High 50 spot – making
practically 1 in 5 of the successful wines a surprising shade of pink,
with two of those being glowing.

“This can be a class
that simply retains proving itself by means of each rising
high quality and recognition with customers,” says Parr, noting
Rosé is turning into a standard selection year-round and for its
versatility with meals.

And he or she suggests it’s the
glowing Rosé winners which can catch the attention of the
keenest trend-setters, with choices from Lindauer and
Invivo’s Graham Norton’s Personal vary combining the
recognition of each Rosé and bubbly.

The High 50 record
is connected with this launch and the total outcomes are
accessible here. (www.newworld.co.nz/wineawards)

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