The Baco Harvest Awards 2016 they already know his record. A total of eight labels achieve the highest distinction, the Great Golden Bacchus. All of the National Competition of Young Wines, organized by the Spanish Union of Tasters. Mara Martín, from Bodegas Martín Códax, has won the Grand Baco de Oro Luis Hidalgo Award.
Winners of these Baco Awards
Four white wines: Tres Olmos Lías 2016 (DO Rueda), Albada Macabeo Viñas Viejas 2016 (DO Calatayud), Pé de Perdiz 2016 (DO Ribeiro) and Desconcierto 2016 (DO Rias Baixas). In addition to three red references: Los Jalones Joven 2016 (DO Ribera del Duero), Marqués del Cerro Tempranillo 2016 (DOCa Rioja) and Remonte Maceración Carbonónica 2016 (DO Navarra).
All these accompany at the top of the podium to the highest rated wine of the thirty-first edition of the Baco Awards. That of Mara Martín 2016 from the Designation of Origin Rias Baixas.
The scores are as follows. Eight Great Golden Bacchus (greater than 92 points) to which are added 66 Golden Bacchus (score between 88 and 92 points). As well 38 Silver Bacos (score between 84 and 88 points) to complete the medal table.
In these Baco Awards Harvest 2016, Elena Adell from Pernod Ricard Winemakers Spain wins a recognized award. The Baco de Oro for the Best Young Wines Winemaker in Spain.
The Desconcierto wine from Cambados Urban Winery (DO Rias Baixas) also wins another award. The Baco de Oro to the Best New Brand.
This was the evaluation
It was on June 1, when 559 labels from 62 quality labels in our country were evaluated in strict blind tasting. Always by a panel made up of 55 tasters, all members of the Spanish Union of Tasters.
Led by proper names from the trajectory of sommeliers Custodio Lóez-Zamarra and Javier Gila or journalists Salvador Manjón and Bartolomé Sánchez. But also winemakers like Ignacio de Miguel, Cristina Mantilla and Jorge Navascues.
Figures and professionals that confirm the relevance of an appointment such as Baco Awards, the only contest dedicated exclusively to young wines of our country.
White designations like Rías Baixas y Wheel They are, with 17 and 15 medals respectively, the wine regions that obtain the most recognition. Following, Rioja (12 Bacchus), Ribera del Duero (9 Bacchus), Ribeiro and La Mancha (7 Bacchus both).
Thus until reaching thirty of the wine regions of our geography, a sample of the potential and diversity of the current wine scene.
It will be next June 29 in the meeting rooms of the Hotel Marriott Madrid Princesa the one chosen by the Spanish Union of Tasters. The event will take place in the Hall of the Best Young Wines of Spain. It will offer the opportunity to learn from its own authors a wide selection of medals Bacchus Harvest 2016.
