Challenge Millésime Bio is an international wine competition that receives over 1500 organic wines each year to judge. The jury is made up of wine professionals, and this year the president was Klaus Hermann, Director of the German wine magazine, WEIN+MARKT.
Of the 1516 wine samples presented for tasting during this year’s competion, the jury awarded medals to 434 wines:
- 136 gold medals
- 201 silver medals
- 97 bronze medals
Among our partner wineries, four of our winemakers had the pleasure of receiving a medal:
- Domaine la Cabotte in the Cotes du Rhone wine-growing region received a gold medal for their 2015 Châteauneuf-Du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
- Château Beau Rivage in Macau-en-Médoc was also awarded a gold medal for their 2015 Clos la Bohème
- Domaine Chapelle, our partner vineyard in Burgundy, won silver for their 2015 Santenay Premier Cru Beaurepaire
- Domaine Allegria was also awarded a silver medal for their 2014 Languedoc Mendel Malbec
Congratulations for these well-deserved awards. We look forward to the tasting them at the Millésime Bio organic wine fair!
In their July 2014 issue, Decanter rated the best Côtes du Rhône
Villages wines from the 2011 and 2012 vintages. Gourmet Odyssey's
partner from the Rhône Valley,
Domaine la Cabotte was rated among the very best
producers with two of the three taster's including Domaine la
Cabotte's "Gabriel" Massif d'Uchaux 2012 wine in their top three
wines of the 100 wines tasted.
The 2012 vintage of Gabriel was one of just three wines to be
"highly recommended", and the wine chosen for the Gourmet Odyssey
Wine Experience, Garance, was also included in the "recommended"
category for the 2012 vintage.
Decanter noted that when choosing Côtes du Rhône Villages wines,
it pays to know which appellations to look out for, and they
concentrated their article on the most notable villages and the
ones that are on the rise. The Massif d'Uchaux is one of the
newer Côtes du Rhône Villages appellations, and according to
Decanter is deserving to be much better known for the quality of
their wines. We certainly agree, and with Domaine la Cabotte
leading the way, it's surely just a matter of time.
See more accolades for our partners
Millésime Bio is the world's largest organic
wine fair, and is becoming more and more important as the years go
by. Each January, organic winemakers from around the world
gather in Montpellier to showcase their wines and to share best
practices in organic and biodynamic farming techniques.
Each of our five partner vineyards were exhibitors at the wine
fair, and put their wines forward for the Challenge Millésime Bio
best organic wine awards.
We are thrilled to announce that two of our partner winegrowers
had one of their organic wines selected for a silver medal.
Domaine Chapelle won theirs for the Santenay Premier Cru,
Beaurepaire 2009 organic red wine, and Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard
for their Chablis Vielles Vignes 2009 organic white wine.
Congratulations for this well deserved praise, that once again
recognizes the quality and excellence of our partner winemakers!