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On Friday, May 29, the DO Yecla San Isidro 2015 Wine Quality Contest was held, this being the eighth edition of the same, in which the Yecla Protected Designation of Origin puts the quality level of its wines to the test, to be able to select those elaborations that are more cutting-edge, for this the organization of the Contest always bet on incorporating prestigious professionals who bring their wisdom and experience to the tasting panel, specialized journalists, winemakers and sommeliers.

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The Tasting has been held at the Yecla Protected Denomination of Origin headquarters and has been directed by Mr. Adrián Martínez Cutillas, director of the Murcian Institute of Agri-Food Research and Development. The Contest is organized by the Regulatory Council of the Denomination of Origin Yecla and the City Council of Yecla and is officially recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture. Save to, Food and Environment.

The contest is carried out with the blind tasting process, that is, with the bottles covered so that the tasters do not know the identity of the wines, thus guaranteeing the impartiality and anonymity of the wines submitted for examination. The rules for wine competitions approved by the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) apply. The tasting sheet approved by the OIV and the International Union of Oenologists is used.

Depending on the qualifications obtained, three types of prizes are awarded: San Isidro Awards 2015 for "gold", "silver" and "bronze" for each of the six categories in which the wines are classified: white, pink, red without wood of the 2013 and 2014 harvests, reds with wood from the 2013 and 2014 harvests, reds with wood from the 2012 harvest and earlier and sweet wines.

The proclamation of winners and awards ceremony was held at a gala dinner offered on the evening of the same day 29 at the restaurant Aurora de Yecla, with the assistance of regional and local political representatives and practically the entire wine sector of the DO Yecla.

The wines tasted in the "VIII Yerta San Isidro Wine Contest 2015". They have had an excellent level consolidating the bases of this small Denomination of Origin to achieve its maximum national and international projection.

The tasters

Director of the Competition, Adrián Martínez Cutillas: Director of the Contest of the Kingdom of Monastrell, Director of the Contest of the wines of the DO Bullas, Director and researcher of the IMIDA.

Fernando Riquelme Ballesteros: is a professor at the University School of Food Technology and a scientific researcher at the Higher Council for Scientific Research at the Center for Edaphology and Applied Biology of the Southeast (CEBAS-CSIC). He was a professor at the School of Agricultural Engineers of Orihuela. He has published numerous articles on Monastrell wines in different specialized magazines. He has been Jury in numerous wine competitions, and is also organizer of the National Contest of Wines Guild of the Kingdom of Monastrell, of which he is president.


José Ignacio Fernández Fernández:
Researcher of the viticulture and enology team of Imida, sworn in numerous wine competitions.

Nicolás Bancalero Guillen: He is a senior sommelier, qualified by the Chamber of Commerce of Alicante and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Generalitat Valenciana. He is coordinator of Catas of the Association of Sommeliers of Cartagena, member of the Spanish Union of Tasters and has been a jury in various wine contests. He obtained the second place in the Regional Championships of Sommeliers in 2009 and is also a professor of Sensory Analysis and Wine Tasting in the municipalities of Cartagena and Torre Pacheco.

Salvador Manjón Estela: Director of the Wine Week, jury in numerous wine competitions among which the Concours Mondial stands out

Juan Manuel Ibáñez: Technical director of vinoselección, Grand Cru, ElMundovino.com, Director of tastings of ElMundovino.com from 2000 to 2010. Advisor and writer in various media.

Encarna Gómez Plaza: Professor in the area of Food Technology at the University of Murcia, where she teaches the subject of Enology and related degrees and directs the research group "Agrochemistry and Food Technology". She is the author of numerous scientific publications in both popular and high impact scientific journals and reviewer of some of the best scientific food technology journals. He is a member of several oenological associations in Spain and abroad and is Cofrade de Mérito of the Kingdom of Monastrell Wine Brotherhood.

Rocío Gil Muñoz: PhD in Chemistry. Researcher of the Imida since 2005. Head of the Viticulture Department of the IMIDA since 2008. Responsible for the Quality of the Oenological Laboratory of Jumilla. Jury of the Contest of the Guild of Monastrell in the last three

Pepe Serrano Cuadrillo: Retired winemaker of INDO (National Institute of Designations of Origin), trainer of the tasting panels of the Regulatory Councils in the 80s.

Félix Yáñez Barrau: Enologist and Agricultural Technical Engineer, Director of the Vine and Wine Institute of Castilla La Mancha.

Margarita Lozano Ruíz: Member of the Spanish Union of Tasters (UEC), of the International Federation of Wine Journalists and Writers (FIJEV) and of the Spanish Association of Wine Journalists and Writers (AEPEV). It is part of the tasting panel of the Repsol Wine Guide. He created the AllWines publishing house, with the magazines La Etiqueta, the first Spanish economic journal dedicated to wine, beer and spirits, and the official magazine of the Union of Spanish Sommelier Associations, as well as other publications with an international vocation.

Joaquín Tomás Velasco: Director and Promoter of the Wine Show: "Wines With the Most Personality of Castilla La Mancha". Taster in National Competitions. Professor in Courses of the Popular University of Albacete and in the DO Manchuela. Presenter and director of the Section "La Cata" in the TV program of Castilla La Mancha (rtvcm) "LA VINOTOCA". Collaborator of the radio program "Coloquios del Vino" in EsRadio and Radio COPE: "LA CATA DE COPE". Columnist in the newspaper La Tribuna de Albacete and Mas Que Alba.

José Luis Murcia García: José Luis Murcia holds a PhD in Journalism from the Complutense University of Madrid, a journalist specialized in wine and gastronomy. He publishes in El Mundo, El Correo del Vino, Gourmets and La Semana Vitivinícola. Co-director of the Specialist Course in Gastronomic Information of the Complutense University. Director of Conferences and parallel activities of Enofusión and World Bulk Wine Exhibition, Amsterdam. Jury of various national and international competitions and author of several books.

The awarded wines

Category 1.- Targets.

San Isidro de Oro

Valcorso 2014, from Bodegas La Purísima

San Isidro de Plata

SPINAL DOMINION 2014, from Bodegas Castaño.

San Isidro de Bronce Ex Aequo

CASTAÑO MACABEO CHARDONAY 2014, by Bodegas Castaño.

STYLE 2014, from Bodegas La Purísima.

Category 2.- Pink.

San Isidro de Oro

PURISIMA ROSADO 2013, from Bodegas La Purísima.

San Isidro de Plata

CASTAÑO ROSADO 2014, from Bodegas Castaño.

San Isidro de Bronce Ex Aequo

SPINAL DOMINION 2014, from Bodegas Castaño.

STYLE PINK 2014, from Bodegas La Purísima.

Category 3.- Reds without wood from the 2013 and 2014 harvests.

San Isidro de Oro

SORDO 1932 (2014), by Bodegas Barahonda.

San Isidro de Plata

PURISIMA SYRAH 2014, from Bodegas La Purísima.

San Isidro de Bronce Ex Aequo

OLD HAND MONASTRELL 2014, from Bodegas La Purísima.

CASTAÑO GSM 2014, from Bodegas Castaño.

Category 4.- Reds with wood from the 2013 and 2014 harvests.

San Isidro de Oro

TRANCO 2013, from Bodegas Barahonda.

San Isidro de Plata

VALCORSO MONASTRELL 2013, from Bodegas La Purísima.

San Isidro de Bronce

OLD HAND ROBLE 2013, from Bodegas La Purísima.

Category 5.- Reds with wood of the harvest 2011 and previous.

San Isidro de Oro

CASA CISCA 2012, by Bodegas Castaño.

San Isidro de Plata Ex Aequo

BARAHONDA BARRICA2012, from Bodegas Barahonda.

TRENZA FAMILY 2010, by Bodegas Castaño.

San Isidro de Bronce

VERDUGO 2012, from Bodegas Barahonda.

Category 6.- Sweet wines.

San Isidro de Oro

CASTAÑO MONASTRELL DULCE 2013, from Bodegas Castaño.

San Isidro de Plata

BELLUM EL REMATE 2011, by Bodegas Barahonda.

San Isidro de Bronce

ENESENCIA 2013, from Bodegas La Purísima.

Links:

La Verdad Newspaper

Yecla Newspaper

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