They are well 18 wines from the provinces of Rome and Latina awarded in the important International Wine Competition Città del Vino 2024.
In the province of Rome, 8 wines from Castelli Romani as well as 1 from Nettuno have obtained the “Gold Medal”. In the province of Latina in 3 wineries they brought home 9 gold medals.
Only three wineries (2 Pontine and 1 from Castelli Romani) brought home 11 gold medals.
The Città del Vino International Wine Competition
Reached his 22nd edition, is known as “Mayor’s Selection”. A name that tells all about the originality of the competition. The Mayor of a Wine City ideally presents his wines in review to enhance the quality of local wine production.
In fact, the spirit is to reiterate the value of the relationship between wine and territory by rewarding companies and municipalities together.
The competition is organized by the National Association of Wine Cities, founded in Siena on 21 March 1987.
It has an itinerant and international character. It always takes place in different places and wineries from all over the world participate.
There Jury is made up of around 60 commissioners including winemakers, buyers, importers, technicians and journalists from Italy and abroad. All categories of wines can be entered, as long as they are DOP (Doc and Docg) and IGP.
The wine samples provided by the wineries participating in the competition are tasted anonymouslyThat is, the jurors, when they taste a wine, do not know its label.
Grand Gold, Gold and Silver Medals are up for grabs, which are in fact a certificate of certification of the quality of the wines.
The winners in 2024
The 2024 edition is the 22nd of the Competition and was held in Gorizia at the UGG – Unione Ginnastica Goriziana from 31 May to 2 June 2024.
These i 18 award-winning wines belonging to wineries in the provinces of Rome and Latina:
DRY STILL RED WINES IGP AND DOP
- Neralbo 2020 – Iacoponi Lorenzo – Heirs of the Popes – Syrah 100% – Montecompatri
- Shiraz 2022 – Maccotta Fortunato Winery – Syrah 100% – Sabaudia
- Roma DOP red 2020 – Fabi Aldo and sons agricultural company – Montepulciano 60% – Marino
- Mater Matuta 2019 – Casale del Giglio – Syrah 85% – Le Ferriere Latina
- Nero Ferrigno Spumante Brut Cesanese – Cantine San Marco – Cesanese 100% – Frascati
- Cesanese Maggiore 2022 – L’Olivella Agricultural Company – Cesanese 100% – Frascati
- Rome 2019 – Az.Agr.Casa Divina Provvidenza – Montepulciano 50% – Nettuno
- Merlot Evolution 2021 – Agr. Az. Casale Cinque Scudi – 100% merlot – Velletri
- Syrah 2020 – Cantine Silvestri – Syrah 100% – Lanuvio
- Meeting at Circeo 2020 – Cantina Sant Andrea – Merlot 85% – B.go Vodice – Terracina
- Dream 2017 – Cantina Sant Andrea – Merlot 85% – B.go Vodice – Terracina
- 40/60 Red 2022 – L’Olivella Agricultural Company – Cesanese 60% – Frascati
DRY WHITE STILL WINES IGP AND DOP
- 253 Days 2023 – Cantina Sant Andrea – Vermentino 100% – B.go Vodice – Terracina
- Antinous 2022 – Casale del Giglio – Viognier 60% – Le Ferriere Latina
- Satric 2023 – Casale del Giglio – Sauvignon 40% – Le Ferriere Latina
- Chardonnay 2023 – Azienda Agricola Fabi Aldo and sons – Chardonnay 100% – Marino
- Anthium 2023 – Casale del Giglio – Bellone 100% – Le Ferriere Latina
- Oppidum 2023 – Cantina Sant Andrea – Moscato di Terracina 100% – B.go Vodice – Terracina
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