Great success for Italy ai Mondial des Vins Extremes the world wine event entirely dedicated to wines produced in areas characterized by heroic viticulture. organized by Cervim with the patronage of the OIV (Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin).
They went to our country 3 Grand Gold Medals, 104 Gold Medalsoe 37 silver medals out of a total of 18 gold, 198 gold and 68 silver grand medals.
For two days, an international and specialized commission (made up of 40 tasters from 12 countries), examined and selected 838 wines from 22 countries, of which 483 Italian (from 18 regions) and 355 foreign, from 302 wineries, of which 179 Italian and 123 foreign. This is the second most attended edition ever (after that of 2019) despite the fact that it was a year strongly characterized by the Covid health emergency.
To conquer the three most coveted prizes, the Grand Gold Medals were Moscato d'Asti docg Vigna Moncucco - 2020 from the Teresa Soria farm of Emanuele Contino of Castiglione Tinella (CN); the Sicilia doc nero d'Avola Eimì – 2016 from Tenute Lombardo di Caltanissetta (CT) and the Vallée d'Aoste doc chambave muscat flétri – 2019 Le vrille de Hervé Daniel Deguillame from Verrayes (AO).
The following the regional breakdown of the medals won by Italian wines. For Valle d'Aosta 1 Grand Gold Medal, 16 Gold Medals and 11 Silver Medals; 1 Grand Gold Medal, 8 Gold and 3 Silver Medals go to Sicily; while another Grand Gold Medal is for Piedmont, which also wins 7 gold and 1 silver medals. Liguria then won 11 gold and 1 silver medals; South Tyrol 10 gold medals and 5 silver medals. Veneto won 10 gold and 4 silver medals; Trentino 9 gold and 5 silver medals; then follows Tuscany with 9 gold medals and 1 silver medal; Lombardy with 8 gold and 1 silver medals; Campania with 6 gold medals; Brands 3 gold and 1 silver medals; Calabria with 2 gold and 1 silver medals. For Sardinia 2 gold and 2 silver medals; then 2 gold medals for Lazio; 1 gold medal for Molise and 1 silver medal for Abruzzo.
Among foreign wines, France wins 5 gold medals, but also 6 gold and 4 silver medals; Portugal with 3 gold, 4 gold and 1 silver medals; therefore, Spain which, in addition to 2 great gold medals, won 46 gold medals and 11 silver medals. Germany won 1 gold medal, 14 gold medals and 6 silver medals; Israel 1 large gold medal, 2 gold and 1 silver medal, as well as Macedonia (1 gmo, 1 mo, 1 ma); Cyprus with 1 large gold medal, and gold medal and 2 silver medals; Bolivia with 1 gold medal. Switzerland has hoarded gold medals, 12, and 2 silver medals; 2 gold medals for Slovenia and Chile; while Greece took home 1 gold medal and 2 silver medals; then 1 gold medal for both Serbia and Slovakia; finally 1 silver medal for Canada.
New to this edition is the competition reserved for distillates, "Extreme Spirits - 2021" which saw Trentino awarded with 1 grand gold medal and 2 gold and 2 silver medals; while Valle d'Aosta won 2 golds and the same number of silvers.
“Great satisfaction to have completed this edition, still characterized by anti-pandemic restrictions - underlines the Cervim president Stefano Celi - and, therefore, the work of the Cervim staff and the commissions was by no means trivial. The large numbers of participants, the participating countries, and the results expressed by the tasters confirm the high quality of both Italian and international heroic productions. Once again an increasingly marked average excellence and great diversity of grape varieties have emerged which translate into wines with unique flavors in the glass”.
Great showcase for the wines awarded at the Mondial des Vins Extrêmes 2021 will be that of Milan Wine Week (Sunday 10 October), with the possibility for the wine lovers of the Milanese event to taste and get to know the heroic wines of the international competition.
