IWSC – International Wine & Spirit Competition – awards La Montina
Silver medals for Franciacorta Satèn and Franciacorta Extra Brut
Now in its 49th year, the International Wine & Spirit Competition aim still the same: award excellence in wines and spirits worldwide, encouraging recognition for quality products.
The Competition runs a structured and rigorous two-stage judging process, first using the ‘double blind’ judging method, meaning samples are tasted in pre-poured numbered glasses so that judges never see a bottle.
The second stage of the judging is the detailed chemical and microbiological analysis, which is undertaken by an independent third party to identify “show products” that may not be the true representation of the product that consumers would buy from the shelf.
The results of the IWSC 2018 tastings have underlined a qualitative improvement of our Franciacorta Extra Brut, which last year won a bronze medal, while this year it fully conquers a silver medal, the equivalent of 80/85 points (here are the results of La Montina at IWSC 2017).
“The Extra Brut has always been one of my favorite Franciacorta wines, probably for its personality, for the extreme freshness and immediacy with which it inebriates the palate, its approval by both an audience of fans and by personalities of the sector makes me feel delight!
What can we say about Satèn … It is one of the most requested and loved products, so there is always a little fear of putting new cuvee on the market because people know it and recognize it immediately in the glass. I can proudly say that the judgment of the IWSC 2018 is in line with the feedback from our consumers, absolutely satisfied with the new production of Franciacorta Satèn“.
– Michele Bozza, La Montina marketing and export manager
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Where to find the awarded wines:
La Montina Wine shop – Via Baiana, 17 at Tenute La Montina – Monticelli Brusati – BS
Italian sales (Brescia and province excluded) – Fratelli Rinaldi Importatori S.p.a. – Viale Masini 34 – 40126 Bologna (Italia) Tel. 051-4217811 – info@rinaldi.biz
Export manager – Michele Bozza -michele.bozza@lamontina.it