TRENTO. The event took place on Saturday 29th June Award ceremony of the 21st edition of the International Müller Thurgau Wine Competitioncoinciding with the second day of the 37th edition of the Müller Thurgau festival: Mountain Wine.
The talented professional sommelier will lead the event at the Fuori di Taste space in Cembra Andrea Amadeiradio speaker of Decanter on Rai Radio 2 who, supported by Livio Fadanelli, involved the audience present – made up of representatives of the awarded wineries, industry journalists, wine enthusiasts and the curious – in a journey of discovery of the six references that obtained a higher score: in alphabetical order, Doc Trentino Müller Thurgau 2023 by Cantina La Vis, DOC Alto Adige Müller Thurgau Valle Aristos 2023 by Cantina Produttori Valle Isarco, Doc Trentino Müller Thurgau Casata Monfort 2023 by Cantine Monfort, Baden-Bodensee Müller Thurgau Burgstall Rivaner 2022 by Hagnau, IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti Müller Thurgau Monogramma 2021 by Pojer and Sandri – which obtained scores between 87 and 89, thus earning the Gold Medal – and IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti Müller Thurgau by Pelz 2014 which, with 90.7 points, obtained the Gran Medaglia d’Oro, in addition to the special mentions Best Italian Wine and Best Long-lived Wine.
“A further confirmation – explained the presenter Andrea Amadei – of the extraordinary potential of this vine, which can be able to overcome the challenge of time with great elegance”.
“There would have been many others – he added Sara Pedripresident Cembra Valley Exhibition Committee – the labels worthy of a Gold Medal but our regulation imposes a maximum limit of 10% of Gold Medals on the total number of participants. Just think that the ranking of the awarded wines is played on a range of five points: if the Gold Medals range from 87 to 90.7 points, the Silver Medals from 86.4 to 86.8 points and the Bronze Medals from 85.7 to 86.2 points”.
The Six Silver Medalsin alphabetical order, were Azienda Agricola Francesco Moser, with the Igt Vigneti delle Dolomiti Müller Thurgau 2023, Cantina Produttori Valle Isarco with the Doc Alto Adige Valle Isarco Müller Thurgau 2023, Cantina Sociale di Trento with the Doc Trentino Müller Thurgau Heredia 2023, Hammel with the Qualitätswein Bestimmert Anbaugebiete Pfalz In the Mood for Müller 2023 and with the Qualitätswein Bestimmert Anbaugebiete Pfalz Versuchung Rivaner 2023 and Villa Corniole with the Doc Trentino Superiore Valle di Cembra Müller Thurgau Pietramontis 2022.
Finally the six Bronze Medals: Azienda Vinicola Nicolodi Alfio with the Doc Trentino Müller Thurgau 2022, Bellaveder with the Doc Trentino Müller Thurgau San Lorenz 2023, Cantina Aldeno with the Doc okTrentino Müller Thurgau Athesim Flumen 2023, Cembra cantina di montagna with the Doc Trentino Müller Thurgau 2022, Corvée with the Doc Trentino Superiore Valle di Cembra Müller Thurgau Viach 2023, Durbacher with the Qualitätswein Trocken Durbacher Rivaner 2023.
“The event – concluded Andrea Amadei – always proves to be an excellent opportunity to taste the best expressions of this vine, which had a very pop, almost mass, past, then a stop and now an unparalleled qualitative explosion. All the producers have understood the value of this variety, which they are increasingly raising in altitude and taking care of in terms of winemaking. And the Val di Cembra, like other territories, really manages to give peaks of excellence”.
During the three days there will also be an exciting trek through nature, culture and vineyards, along the territory of Municipality of Segonzanothe dinner on the avenue, interspersed with a dance show by young champions of the Ritmomisto school and the e-bike tour Cantine in sella, which combined cycling among the vineyards with visits to three cellars in the valley. And then the tastings of the 60 wines on display at Palazzo Maffei and those of the local wines at Fuori di Taste, in addition to the cocktails based on Trentino grappa prepared by Leonardo Veronesimuch appreciated by the public. C.L.
