Provence WineZine: Vins de Provence Annual Competition

Emmanuelle Baude of Domaine Tour Campanets was a Gold Winner for their Bois des Fées cuvee. Photo credit: W.T. Manfull of Provence WineZine.

 

The Vins de Provence annual tasting competition took place on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Maison des Vins Côtes de Provence in Les Arcs sur Argens in the Var Department.  Nearly 700 wines were sampled by the tasting panel which comprised over 150 ODG-approved (Organisme de Défense et de Gestion) judges from the wine industry including trained tasters from the Centre de Recherche et d’Expérimentation sur le Vin Rosé. The tasting and competition is organized each year by Conseil Interprofessionnel des Vins de Provence (CIVP).

Prizes were awarded to 165 wines from Côtes de Provence (including sub-appellations), Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence and Coteaux Varois en Provence.  Of these 63 wines were gold medal winners; 80 were awarded silver medals and 22 achieved bronze medals.  A maximum of 25% of entrants could be awarded from the full pool of entrants.

Any wine intended for consumption from Côtes de Provence, Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence and Coteaux Varois en Provence could be entered into the competition. Wines from the 2105 harvest, or any previous harvest, were permitted and rosé, white, and red wines were all a part of the competition.

Entrants were to submit six fully dressed bottles, for packaged wines, or two bottles for bulk wines from the tank.

Credit: Jill Barth, The lineup from Château Real d’Or

Credit: CIVP/Vins de Provence

Credit: Jill Barth, Saint André de Figuère wines were a delight

Credit: Jill Barth, A beautiful selection from Maîtres Vignerons de Saint Tropez

Credit: Jill Barth, The stunning color of the rosé from Domaine Tour Campanets

Credit: Jill Barth, The delicious lineup from Domaine Tour Campanets

Credit: Jill Barth, The beautiful wines of Château Sainte Marguerite

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The gorgeous red from Château du Seuil

Benjamin, Provence Wine Maker of ROSE infinie, shares his winemaking story

For the complete list of gold medal winners, please visit my complete piece at Provence WineZine, where it was originally published.

For my coverage the Vins de Provence event, Provence in the City (Chicago), please visit: Provence in the City: Simply Provence Wines. Susan from Provence WineZine covered the New York event in Provence in the City: My Cup Runneth Over with Rosè.