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The productions of the Archipelago received 12 big gold medals and 44 gold medals in a contest with more than a thousand participating wines
Canary Islands has obtained 56 medals and five special distinctions in the “Mondial des Vins Extremes 2024” organized by CERVIM (Research Center, Studies, Protection, Coordination and Valorization of Mountain Viticulture) and was held in the Italian town of Saarland to recognize the productions of mountainous regions or heroic crops., that is to say, those coming from terraces or land with more than 30% of decline, altitudes higher than 500 meters above sea level or small islands.
in the contest, to which more than a thousand wines from 35 countries, with a total of 370 participating wineries, Canarian productions obtained 56 medals (12 big gold medals and 44 gold medals) of the 300 awarded by a jury of 50 experts. Besides, They achieved special distinctions such as the 'Gran Premio Cervim’ for the best wine of the competition, the 'Cervim Originale Award’ for wine produced with ungrafted vineyards and the 'Vinofed Award’ to the best rated dry wine, three awards that went to Malvasía Volcánica Papaino 2023 from Gavias del Sordo Wineries in Fuerteventura (DOP Canary Islands), with a score of 97,33 about 100.
Likewise, the Linaje del Pago Winery, in Tenerife, (DOP Canary Islands) was recognized with the Cervim Special Award as the most outstanding winery in the country while, for the second consecutive year, The Archipelago also received the 'Premio Mondial des Vins Extrêmes'’ with which the Canary Islands are recognized as the wine-growing area with the largest number of participating wines.
Apart from the wine competition, In parallel, the International Heroic Distillates Competition was held, dedicated to spirits of wine origin, in which two Canarian preparations won a gold medal: the Güímar Valley White Vermouth 2023, from SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar-Arafo and Grape Pomace Spirits, from Bodegas Insulares Tenerife, standing out as the only two Spanish productions awarded.
Through the Canarian Institute of Agri-Food Quality (ICCA), body attached to the Ministry of Agriculture, Cattle raising, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty, The Canary Islands Government has provided support to all participating wines from the Archipelago in terms of registration and sending of samples., with the only requirement that they had previously participated in the Agrocanarias Wine Competition. In this sense, the head of the department, Narvay Quintero, highlighted the importance of these “international recognition for our winegrowers who are capable of producing exceptional products in particularly difficult conditions, in an exemplary display of heroic viticulture”.
In total twelve Canarian wines were recognized in the competition with a large gold medal, among them the aforementioned Malvasía Volcánica Papaino, in addition to the Malvasía Payment Lineage (2022), from Bodega Linaje del Pago, Conatvs Slimy Black (2023), from Bodegas Conatvs, and Gallo La Exception Syrah (2021), from Bodega Gallo & Quiquere Wines; all of them from the Canary Islands DOP.
Likewise, the Crater Joven wine also received a large gold medal. (2023), from Bodegas Crater (DOP Tacoronte Acentejo), the Mists of Ayosa Malvasía Aromática (2023), from the SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar – Arafo (Güímar Valley DOP); The Ecological Ancestral Tap 2023 and Moscatel Orange Wine 2022, both from Bodegas El Grifo; Miracle of Magmasia Collection 2022 and Obsidian Light 2022, from Bodega Erupción (PDO Lanzarote); Great Sweet White Salmor 2017 of Campo Frontera Cooperative Society (DOP Wines from El Hierro); y, Lastly, Payments of Fruity White Reverón 2023, from Bodega Reverón (DOP Abona).
Besides, The winners of the gold medal were Gallo Double Malvasía 2022 and Alejandro Gallo Vijariego Black and Tintilla 12M 2022, both from Bodega Gallo & Quiquere Wine; Abona Listán Negro Black 2023 and Abona Blanco Chasnero 2023, from Bodegas Lacasmi; Off White 2023, Payment Lineage; The Lomo Disparate 2023, The Selected Harvest Loin 2023, Spine Twelve and One 2021, and the Listán Negro Loin 2023, from Bodegas El Lomo; Landscape of the Tenerife Islands 2023, from Bodegas Tajinaste; Red Pago de Los Cercados 2023 and Payment of Los Cercados Albillo Criollo 2023, by Emilio Tomás Palmero García; Dry White Martial Cho Peak 2023, from SAT Viticultores Comarca de Güímar- Arafo; y Brut Blanc de Blancs 2022, from Bodegas Tabares 4, all of them from the Canary Islands DOP.
Besides, among the productions of the Tacoronte-Acentejo DOP were distinguished, with gold medal, Marba Rosé wines 2022 and Marba White Barrel, from Bodegas Marba; Traditional Pago and Carmine Red Lineage 2022, from Bodega Linaje del Pago; Crater Breeding, from Bodegas Crater; Viña Norte Traditional Red 2023, Tágara Marmajuelo on Lías 2023, Viña Norte Dry White 2023, from Bodegas Insulares Tenerife, Hacienda de Acentejo Listán Negro 2023 and Serventía 2023, from Hacienda de Acentejo Winery; and Jable 2023, from Guayonje Winery.
Among the preparations with the DOP Abona seal, Listán won the gold medal. 1414 of Height 2021, from Mencey de Chasna Winery: Payments of Traditional White Reverón 2023 and Tinto Los Quemados, from Bodega Reverón; Arese Blanco Seco 2023 y Arese Red Barrel 2023, from Bodega Viña Arese; Testament Malvasia Aromatic Dry 2023, Marmajuelo Premium White Chasna Flower 2023, Chasna Albillo Premium Flower 2023 and Chasna White Passion Flower 2023, of Cumbres de Abona Cooperative Society- Here.
Within the DOP Valle de Güímar they were awarded, with gold medal, Mists of Ayosa Marmajuelo 2023, Ayosa Blanco Mists on Lees 2023, Dry White Ayosa Mists 2023, from SAT Viticultores de Güímar-Arafo.
They also received the Lágrima gold medal. 2023 and Martinón Blanco Seco 2023, from Bodegas Martinón (PDO Lanzarote); Sweet Tirajanas 2023, from Bodegas Las Tirajanas (DOP Gran Canaria); Organic White Tagalguén 2023, by Juan Jesús Péres Adrián (DOP Wines La Palma); and Vera Pinto 2021, from El Mirador de Adra (DOP El Hierro).
OIV and Vinofed standards
This competition organized by Cervim is covered by the rules of the International Wine Organization (HIV) and the World Federation of Major International Wine and Spirits Competitions (Vinofed), which establishes the restriction of rewarding a maximum of 30% of the participating wines.
In this sense, The exceptional quality of this edition determined that some participants, among them close to 40 Canarian wines that achieved gold medal scores, did not obtain recognition as they fell below the cutoff established by the standards of these organizations.
After the jury's deliberation, which published its ruling after the sessions held at the Etoile du Nord hotel in Saarland, in the Italian region of Valle d'Aosta, Cervim has announced, as every year, an awards ceremony that will take place with an event to be held at the end of November in Rome.
