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All the award winners from the Master Winemaker 100 2024
On Monday, db‘s Master Winemakers ceremony gave awards for the very best wines of the year. Find out the winners in every category here.
the drinks business released its new edition of the Master Winemaker 100 guide at Wine Paris & Vinexpo Paris on Monday. The 2024 volume profiles the year’s 100 best winemakers and individual award winners, as determined by the drinks business‘s competitions arm, the Global Wine Masters.
The competitions are spread over the year, with each highlighting a particular variety, style or iconic region. The small scale of each ensures a rigorous and considered approach to the current market, and ensures each wine has the opportunity to shine on its own terms. Moreover, all the competitions are led by Masters of Wine, who make up the majority of judges.
As Patrick Schmitt MW, chair of the Global Wine Masters explained at the ceremony, “we don’t run vast tastings, that see critics swamped in samples – a situation which could see subtle wines getting overlooked. Rather, we run small standalone competitions – allowing judges to focus on a particular type of wine in an unhurried manner. This gives us the opportunity to develop not only a buyer’s guide to the best bottles for our readers – but also a health check on the category being judged.”
Each competition therefore offers the chance for a wine to stand out against its peers and as a representative of the category. In all competitions that produced multiple Master medallists, the judges selected a wine for an overall award, representing the pinnacle of winemaking for the style.
The Master Winemakers who won these awards in the 2024 guide are listed below, along with the outstanding wines that earned them the accolades.
Master Winemaker of the Year
Chris Carpenter, head winemaker at Mt. Brave & Hickinbotham Vineyard
Awarded for the Mt. Brave Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 and the Hickinbotham Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon 2020.
Best Masters New Entrant
Stéphanie Sucheyre, cellar master at Champagne Gardet
Awarded for the Champagne Gardet Extra Brut 2013
Value Award
Jairo Fernández, winemaker at Pagos del Rey
Awarded for the Arnegui Tempranillo 2022
Autumn Tasting Award
Luca de Ferrari, winemaker at Boscarelli
Awarded for the Costa Grande Vino Nobile de Montepulciano DOCG 2019
Best Bordeaux
Laurent Prosperi, director at Château La Grâce Dieu des Prieurs
Awarded for the Château La Grâce Dieu des Prieurs 2018
Best Cabernet Sauvignon
Ricardo Rivadeneira, director and winemaker at Viña Maquis
Awarded for the Maquis Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Best Carmenere
Ana María Cumsille, chief winemaker at Viña Carmen
Awarded for the Carmen Gran Reserva Carmenere 2021
Best Champagne
Benoît Gouez, cellar master at Moët & Chandon
Awarded for the Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2015
Best Chardonnay
Graham Weerts, head winemaker at Capensis
Awarded for the Capensis Silene 2020
Best Chenin Blanc
Andrzej Lipinski, owner and head of winemaking at Big Head Wines
Awarded for the Raw Chenin Blanc 2017
Best Design and Packaging
Jeany Cronk, founder of Maison Mirabeau
Awarded for the Mirabeau Pure 2022
Best Fortified
Carlos Ferreiro, chief winemaker at Altanza
Awarded for the Colección Altanza Roberto Amillo La Saca More Than 100 Years Old
Best Grenache
Mike Brown, chief winemaker and managing director at Gemtree
Awarded for the Gemtree Cinnabar GSM 2021
Best Malbec
Bertrand Gabriel Vigouroux, owner and winemaker at Crocus Wines and Château de Haute-Serre
Awarded for the Crocus Wines La Roche Mère 2020
Best Merlot
Philip Shaw, winemaker at Hoosegg
Awarded for the Hoosegg Mountain Dragon Merlot 2018
Best Organic Wine
José Manuel Rodríguez, technical director at Arínzano
Awarded for the Arínzano Merlot Agricultura Biológica 2018
Best Pinot Grigio
Maurizio Maurizi, winemaker at Mezzacorona
Awarded for the Musivum Pinot Grigio 2018
Best Pinot Noir
Cristina Torres, general manager at Marimar Estate
Awarded for the Marimar Estate La Masía Pinot Noir 2019
Best Prosecco
Fabio Roversi, head winemaker at Ruggeri
Awarded for the Ruggeri Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze DOCG Brut
Best Riesling
David Norman, senior winemaker at Gatt Wines
Awarded for the Gatt Wines Eden Springs High Eden Riesling 2018
Best Rioja
Jesús Mendoza , head oenologist and technical director at Bodegas Remírez de Ganuza
Awarded for the María Remírez de Ganuza 2007
Best Rosé
Gérard Bertrand, founder and winemaker at Gérard Bertrand Group
Awarded for the Clos du Temple 2021
Best Sauvignon Blanc
Brent Marris, owner and chief winemaker at Marisco Vineyards
Awarded for the Marisco Pride & Glory Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Best Sparkling
Clément Pierlot, head winemaker at Louis Pommery California
Awarded for the Louis Pommery California Brut NV
Best Syrah
Gilles Besse, winemaker at Domaine Jean-René Germanier
Awarded for the Cayas Syrah Réserve 2020
Spring Tasting Award
Stefan Krispel, winemaker at Krispel
Awarded for the Ried Neusetzberg Alte Reben Erste Lage Sauvignon Blanc Vulkanland Steiermark DAC 2019
Travel Retail Award
Luís Sottomayor, head of Douro winemaking, Sogrape
Awarded for the Sandeman 20 Year Old Tawny Port
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