There are 51 Italian wines and 9 foreigners, including Germans and Hungarians, who will compete for the medals awarded on the basis of the scores of winemakers, sommeliers and sector journalists involved in the tasting panel on Friday 9 October. The announcement of the winners is scheduled for Friday 16 October.
Also this year the Mostra Valle di Cembra Committee , despite having to deal with the organizational difficulties linked to the current health situation, managed to realize the Müller Thurgau International Wine Competition , now in its 17th edition and scheduled for Friday 9 October in the splendid rooms of Palazzo Maffei in Cembra .
And, despite this very particular year for wineries, the numbers confirm the importance attributed by producers to this appointment, which has always been a moment of comparison and stimulation.
In line with the previous editions, there are in fact 60 wines in competition , of which 51 Italian and 9 foreign , thanks to the participation of German and Hungarian wineries, which recognized the Competition as an interesting opportunity to present themselves to the Italian public and collect the opinions of the panel of experts to whom the tasting is entrusted.
The commission is in fact composed of 18 members divided between oenologists, sommeliers - representing various associations - and journalists from the sector press , who will express their opinions through blind tastings in which they will be asked to analyze the wine as a whole, taking into account consideration of sight, smell, taste and taste-smell.
The labels that have obtained a score between 80 and 84.99 will therefore be eligible for the Silver Medal, those between 85 and 89.99 for the Gold Medal and those above 90 for the Grand Gold Medal, with the limit that awarded wines cannot exceed 30% of the total number of participants, therefore for a maximum of 18 awarded labels .
The outcome of the competition, which was also supported by the Consorzio Vini del Trentino , will be announced on Friday 16 October, in conjunction with the XXXIII edition of the Müller Thurgau Review: Mountain Wine , organized with the support of Trentino Marketing and coordination of the Trentino Wine and Flavors Route as part of the promotion of provincial wine events called #trentinowinefest .
Anyone who wants to taste the wines candidates for the Competition , in fact, can do so from Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 October in Trento , from 17.00 to 22.00, in the halls of Palazzo Roccabruna - Enoteca Provinciale del Trentino , made available for the occasion by the Chamber of Commerce of Trento . And to stimulate greater awareness during the tasting phase and collect further information useful to understand which are the most appreciated scents, the public will be invited to share their perceptions and give a vote to each reference tasted on a special postcard distributed together with the paper. of wines.
" It was a very special year - declares Renzo Folgheraiter, new President of the Mostra Valle di Cembra Committee - in which we had to reprogram everything several times. However, we wanted above all to confirm the Competition, because we consider it a fundamental moment of our event and a great opportunity for visibility for companies in this sector, which as we know have experienced difficult months due to the lockdown. The excellent response received, with a number of companies in line with previous years, confirms that we have made the right choice and we hope it will also be a good omen for future editions ".
Event profile
The Müller Thurgau International Review: Mountain Wine is organized by the Valle di Cembra Exhibition Committee, with the support of Trentino Marketing and the coordination of the Trentino Wine and Flavors Route as part of the promotion of provincial wine events called #trentinowinefest, as well as to the collaboration of the Autonomous Province of Trento, APT Pinè Cembra, Community of the Cembra Valley, BIM dell'Adige, Municipality of Cembra Lisignago, Municipality of Giovo, Municipality of Altavalle, Edmund Mach Foundation, Consorzio Vini del Trentino, Istituto Tutela Grappa del Trentino , Palazzo Roccabruna-Provincial Enoteca of Trentino, Cassa Rurale Rotaliana and Giovo, Cassa Rurale Trento-Lavis-Mezzocorona-Valle di Cembra, Pastificio Felicetti, Acqua Cedea.
Müller Thurgau profile
Born between 1882 and 1891 from the crossing of Riesling Rhenish and Madaleine Royal by the hand of prof. Hermann Müller, Müller Thurgau is a vine that matures best in the mountains and that in the Cembra Valley, a territory sheltered from mountains and woods and characterized by porphyritic soils and a strong temperature range, has found its ideal habitat. From the vinification of its grapes, a pale straw yellow white wine with greenish reflections is obtained, a very evident aromatic component, with hints of aromatic herbs, elderberry, tropical fruit and citrus. Sapid, mineral, with pleasant acidity: typical characteristics of mountain wines.
