For the third time, Delicata’s Rose Gellewza Frizzante has been awarded a bronze medal at the prestigious French wine competition, the Challenge International du Vin, held recently in Bordeaux. The 35th Challenge International du Vin was held in Bourg on 8 and 9 April. During the competition, 4,624 wines from 35 countries were judged by 768 tasters, including people from the wine industry and consumer-connoisseurs.
Out of 4,624 wines tasted, 3,319 were eliminated, while only 1,305 wines (28.22%) received awards. The medal breakdown was 315 golds, 467 silver and 523 bronze. Major wine-producing countries, such as France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Chile, won the most awards.
The Challenge International du Vin, where wines are judged by the entire wine industry, from producers to consumers, deserved its international reputation more than ever, with 192 panels tasting wines produced in Africa (South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia), South America (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru), North America (Canada, United States), Asia (China, Japan, Turkey), western Europe (Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland), eastern Europe (Hungary, Bulgaria, Moldova, Rumania, Slovakia), southern Europe (Spain, Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Portugal), Oceania (Australia), eastern countries (Georgia, Russia), and the Middle East (Israel, Lebanon).
Once the winning wines had been analysed (to check compliance with standards), the official list was announced on 15 April. The top five countries by number of medals were, France (788 medals), Spain (180 medals), Portugal (82 medals), Italy (71 medals), Hungary (37 medals). To evaluate the wines there were 768 tasting judges made up of 90% French and 10% from other countries, 73% of the judges were men and 27% women. In addition to that there were 133 volunteer commissioners.
This bronze medal for Delicata comes straight after a silver medal won last month in Paris for their Gran Cavalier Syrah. This brings their total international medal count up to an impressive 78 awards.