SUSSEX ENJOYS SUCCESS AT 20TH DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS
Results from the 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 have been released revealing wins for the Sussex wines, with 34 medals awarded including a coveted Platinum medal.
Now in its 20th year, DWWA is the world’s biggest and most influential wine competition, backed by a rigorous process to ensure consumers can buy medal winners with confidence. A total of 236 specialist judges from 30 countries took part in DWWA 2023, including 16 Master Sommeliers and 53 Masters of Wine.
Platinum medals were awarded to just 125 wines globally, including Ridgeview, Rosé de Noirs 2018, a sparkling rosé wine made from Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier in East Sussex.
Judges commented on the wine: “Excellent colour with ripe, confected aromas with a strawberry fruit lift. A full palate, full of flavour, an oaked rosé in sparkling form with resolved tannins. A warm year yet handled well, tapered and elegant.”
The county was awarded 34 medals in total, including 16 Silver and 17 Bronze medals.
Simon Field MW, Regional Chair for the UK at DWWA, said two main things stood out about UK entries this year. “Firstly, the increase in both volume and quality of the still wines submitted, their provenance as varied as their quality was consistent.”
He added, “The quality of the sparklers, secondly, continues to impress as the category takes on maturity; as the wines and winemakers alike take on a little more age it becomes increasingly clear that the long-held faith in such things has most definitely not been informed by misguided patriotism.”
Visit awards.decanter.com for a full list of winners.