Celebration night for Yecla wines that were examined before a professional jury. The XI edition of the wine contest of the Denomination of Origin Yecla gathered yesterday more than a hundred people who attended the awards ceremony and subsequent dinner organized by the Regulatory Council.
The jury, made up of 12 tasters linked to the world of wine from different professional positions, evaluated the 73 wine samples that were presented this year at the council's facilities. A figure much higher than in previous years. An increase of the wines to contest linked to that this year was of obligatory fulfillment the recognition of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The result showed that Bodegas Señorío de Barahonda obtained 5 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. Bodegas La Purísima won 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals. Bodegas Castaño won 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. And the Bodega Casa Boquera won 1 silver medal.
(text and more information at: www.elperiodicodeyecla.com The Denomination of Origin Yecla rewards its best wines )
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | |||||||||
White wines: Vintages 2016 and 2017 | Bodegas Barahonda The Most Beautiful Pink 2017 | Bodegas La Purisima Old Hands Ecological 2017 | Castaño Wineries Castaño Macabeo Chardonnay 2017 | ||||||||
Pink wines: Vintages 2016 and 2017 | Bodegas Barahonda The Most Beautiful Pink 2017 | Castaño Wineries Castaño Monastrell Rosado 2017 | Castaño Wineries Spinal Domain Pink | ||||||||
Red wines without wood: Vintages 2016 and 2017 | Bodegas Barahonda Truck 2017 |
| Bodegas La Purisima Syrah Consent 2017 | ||||||||
Red wines with wood: Vintages 2016 and 2017 | Bodegas La Purisima Consent Monsatrell 2016 | Bodega Casa Boquera Casa Boquera Semijoven 2016 |
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Red wines with wood: Vintages 2015 and earlier |
| Castaño Wineries Behind the Casa syrah 2015 |
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Sweet wines: | Bodegas Barahonda Bellum 2016 | Castaño Wineries Castaño Dulce 2016 | Bodegas La Purisima Enesencia 2014 |
