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Ferrera Dry Rosé 2024 (DOP Canary Islands) was recognized as the best wine of the year in its category by winemakers, sommeliers and specialized journalists
Ferrera Dry Rosé 2024 (DOP Canary Islands) has been recognized as the Best Rosé Wine of the year by the team of expert winemakers, sommeliers and specialized journalists who make “The wine guide” from the newspaper The Vanguard with a selection of 100 essential preparations for this 2026.
At the awards ceremony organized by the newspaper within the framework of the fair Barcelona Wine Week, This ecological production made with 100% list negro a 1.000 meters high in the Arafo family winery (Tenerife) as the best in its category after achieving a rating of 96 points in the aforementioned guide.
About this wine, the writer and sommelier Meritxell Fergueras, member of the jury and the team of editors of 'The wine guide' of La Vanguardia, highlighted the pale color, clean and vibrant fruit of a production process that includes a maceration of between four and six hours, followed by fermentation 16 degrees before bottling. Besides, The specialist highlights its notes of sweets and flowers and recommends this wine as an aperitif and with its cheese pairing., pasta, all kinds of fish and light desserts, in addition to highlighting the character that the volcanic soils give to this preparation., Atlantic climate and altitude.
The Minister of Agriculture, Cattle raising, Fisheries and Food Sovereignty of the Government of the Canary Islands, Narvay Quintero, He explained that this award “constitutes a new recognition of the quality and personality of our wine production.”, increasingly valued on the international scene, and a sample of the excellent work of winegrowers, wineries and oenology professionals”.
In this sense, The head of the area recalled that prescribers such as Meritxell Falgueras have had the opportunity to learn about the work of wineries and wine projects in the archipelago thanks to the actions developed by the public company GMR Canarias through the Volcanic Xperience brand., “contributing to making visible the diversity and identity of our wines”. “The Government of the Canary Islands will continue to support the promotion and support of foreign marketing to open new markets for our companies”, added.
In addition, In this edition another ten prizes were awarded, among them the Best White Wine, that fell to Chivite Collection 125; the best red, granted to La Condenada, Rioja; the Best Sparkling, awarded to Juvé & Camps Reserva de La Familia V36; or the Best Quality-Price, money A Who, Rioja.
Besides, The award for Wine Identity went to Gneis Masia Serra; the distinction for Innovation for Marqués De Riscal Risk All (Rioja); The one directed to the Revelation of the Year went to Cuatro Rayas Longverdejo (Rueda); recognition of 25 Anniversary for Gaintus – Montrubí, (Penedès); the award for Best Wine Tourism Project for Barahonda (Yecla); and the recognition of the Professional Career for Delfí Sanahuja, from Perelada (Emporda).
