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EffERvEScEntS du MondE® 2015: thE highESt concEntRAtion of SPARkLing winES

toP 10* BESt SPARkLing winES fRoM EffERvEScEntS du MondE® 2015

the 13th international confrontation of the world’s best sparkling wines, Effervescents du Monde®,

organized by Forum Œnologie, was held on 18, 19 and 20 November 2015 in “the Castel” Pavilion, teen house of the famous Gustave Eiffel, today Lycée Le Castel cu-linary school in Dijon (Burgundy), France. This event is unique in terms of its scope, its method and therefore its ambition:

International in scope• 26 countries• 622 wines• More than 100 international expert judges

A strict method • compliance with the international wine competition

rules and strict application of the ISO 9002 Quality Assurance standard.

• guaranteed implementation of scoring criteria for international competitions.

• Rigorous selection of the panel of expert judges, based on experience, diversity of backgrounds, pro-fessionalism, determination of their sensorial profile and training in tasting methodology.

• Annual assessment and grading of each taster.

• faultless, quality-driven organisation : limitation of the number of wines per judge, ideal tasting condi-tions (sensory isolation, proper tasting rythm, etc.) and secure computer processing of results.

• differentiated analysis of the foam (visual) and the effervescence (tactile) of wines.

Ambition To award reliable and representative medals each year, reflecting the founding motto of the Effervescents du Monde® competition: diversity, quality and high standards.

After three days of work, the judges awarded a total of 207 medals.

Medal Breakdown

gold Medals 31

Silver Medals 176 Leading Quality Indicator

Medal countries wine winery

gold Medal

France Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Millésimé Brut 2006 ScEv champagne Pierre Moncuit

FranceCrémant de Bourgogne Veuve Ambal Grande Réserve Brut - CR2492

veuve Ambal

France Crémant de Bourgogne Rosé Extra Dry - Colette caves Bailly Lapierre

Spain Cava Roura Brut Bodegas Roura

France Champagne Millésimé Brut - Cuvée Alain 2009SARL champagne Littière Alain par Sébastien

Brazil Ponto Nero Brutdomno do Brasil indutria E comercio de Bebidas Ltd

United States Gloria Ferrer Blanc de Noirs Brut freixenet SA

Italy Lunetta Spumante Rosé cavit Sc

FranceChampagne Cœur de Chardonnay Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut

EARL Petitjean-Pienne

Peru Tacama Rosa Salvaje Extra Brut Rosé vina tacama

South Africa Pongracz Desiderius Brut 2008 distell Limited

France Blanquette de Limoux Brut calmel & Joseph

* Some wines are rigorously equal thus the Top 10 2015 includes 12 wines.

EffERvEScEntS du MondE® 2016

november 16-18, 2016 in dijon

2015 RESuLtS

the results are posted at:www.effervescents-du-monde.com

cERtificAtion

the Effervescents du Monde® competition was certified by the dgccRf (french consumer-pro-tection agency) and by the Eu on 21 May 2003.

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Top 10

the top 10 ranking has a strong international diver-sity: South-Africa, Brazil, france, italy, Peru, united States and Spain. United States and Peru joined for the first time the Top 10. Three Champagnes are positioned in the Top 10: one reaches the top of the ranking (Champagne Moncuit, Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs 2006). There are also two “Crémants” Burgundy, among them a “Rosé” (Cave Bailly Lapierre) witness to the increas-ing quality of the Rosé sparkling wine and one “Blanquette de Limoux”.

Geographical Diversity

Wide representation from all the sparkling wine regions (AOC) in France, as well as from the major highquality standard sparkling wine (VMQ) and sparkling wine (VM) producers. The entries included wines made both with and without aromatic varietals, using traditional, ances-tral or Charmat-type closed-tank methods. 50% of the wines in the competition were from France, splitevenly between Champagne and non-Champagne. tree new countries take part in 2015: China, United States and India. there was also strong participation from England, South Africa, Chile, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Hungary and Switzerland. in france, the areas of Alsace, Loire Valley, Limoux, Burgundy, Champagne Appellation and the standard Sparkling Wine (VMQ) have significantly increased their participation.

There was a high level of diversity in the senso-rial qualities of wines

Some real discoveries were made, thanks to the tasting of rosé and red sparkling wines made with the tradi-tional method, wines made with the ancestral method, sparkling wines made from aromatic varietals and spar-kling ice wines. Low-alcohol sparkling wines also drew notice. According to the expert judges, the wines dis-played extraordinary variety and richness, with com-plex flavours and a great deal of finesse.

Red and Rosé AOC, VMQ and VM sparklings wines strongly increased their presence; they also won beau-tiful medals.

A high-quality award list

with 26 countries, this international competition offered one of the strongest concentration of geographical sparkling wine diversity.the international expert judges observe a clear improve-ment of the quality for almost all the wines produc-tions for AOC designation and Quality Sparkling Wines (VMQ).news english tasters joined the expert judges of Effervescents du Monde®. In strong growth since 2004, England has today more than 1.200 hectares of vine-yards, mainly intended to product sparkling wines.in 2015, Spain, Italy and Switzerland obtain many med-als. These tree countries are very closely followed by South Africa, Brazil and Chile. france obtains very many medals thanks to the strong and very noticed participation of Champagnes, Alsace and Burgundy Crémants, the Loire Valley Appellation and also of the standard Sparkling Wine (VMQ).

Preview of the International Conference “Cool Climate Wine Symposium ” (ICCWS 2016)

the 13th edition of Effervescents du Monde® competition, has brought together the 18th of november in Dijon, 200 people for an internationale conference co-organized by Plumpton College, the School of Wine & Spirits Business (ESC Dijon), the Chair UNESCO “Cultures and Traditions of the wine” and the Revue des Œnologues in ESC Dijon School. At the program of “Cool climate wine & climate change: sci-entific, technical characteristics and business opportunities” two speakers about: “Cool climate vine and wine science” by Tony Milanowski, Cool climate consumers and business BSc Viticulture & Œnology, Plumpton College (England) and “Cool climate consumers and business” by Steve Charters, Director de the research at the SWSB, the 18 November 2015 at the la School of Wine & Spirits Business, Dijon.

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