Results of Rose Wine Competition 2024
On May 13th, 2024 took place the 12th edition of the Rose Wine Competition, organized by the Winelover Romania Association.
I had the opportunity to get to know this competition more closely since 2 years ago when I first participated as a member of the jury both in the official competition and in two preselections of wines in which the tasted wines received marks and those with the highest marks reached the finals of the Rosé Wine Competition.
As this year I was even more involved in the tastings as a juror, today I come with more details about the Rose Wine Competition: how it takes place, how the samples that enter the competition are chosen, how many samples made it to the finals and, of course, which were the winners.
Thus, the Rose Wine Competition is organized by the Romania Winelover Association in the month of May each year. The reason is simple: the results come just before the start of the summer season, the season when rosé wines are enjoyed the most.
Wineries are invited to enter their wines in the contest and the criteria are: dry wines with a shelf price between 20 and 70 ron.
Only Romanian wines from the previous year's harvest (in this case, the 2023 harvest) enter the competition. The wines need to be as fresh as possible, ready to be enjoyed this summer.
I had the opportunity to get to know this competition more closely since 2 years ago when I first participated as a member of the jury both in the official competition and in two preselections of wines in which the tasted wines received marks and those with the highest marks reached the finals of the Rosé Wine Competition.
As this year I was even more involved in the tastings as a juror, today I come with more details about the Rose Wine Competition: how it takes place, how the samples that enter the competition are chosen, how many samples made it to the finals and, of course, which were the winners.
Thus, the Rose Wine Competition is organized by the Romania Winelover Association in the month of May each year. The reason is simple: the results come just before the start of the summer season, the season when rosé wines are enjoyed the most.
Wineries are invited to enter their wines in the contest and the criteria are: dry wines with a shelf price between 20 and 70 ron.
Only Romanian wines from the previous year's harvest (in this case, the 2023 harvest) enter the competition. The wines need to be as fresh as possible, ready to be enjoyed this summer.
The competition has two sections: wines from non-aromatic varieties and wines from aromatic varieties.
Within the non-aromatic varieties, quite a few samples are usually received in the competition, which is why Răzvan Stoenescu, the representative of Winelover Romania, decided that every year before the official competition, he organizes several pre-selections of wines to select the wines that reach the finals .
Both the competition and the pre-selections are organized with jurors, people with various certifications from the world of wine.
Very important: at all the pre-selections and of course, at the final competition, all the samples sent by the wineries for the jury's analysis are tasted "in blind", meaning the jurors cannot see the label of the bottle, the judging being done in the most correct way possible.
This year 5 Preselections were organized, I was present to 3 of them and tasted a lot of the proposed wines for the competition. From them, only 15 wines made it to the final on May 14th. These 15 wines were chosen according to the score given by each Jury team at the 5 Preselections.
The Rose Wine Competition that took place on May 13th had the following sections:
Within the non-aromatic varieties, quite a few samples are usually received in the competition, which is why Răzvan Stoenescu, the representative of Winelover Romania, decided that every year before the official competition, he organizes several pre-selections of wines to select the wines that reach the finals .
Both the competition and the pre-selections are organized with jurors, people with various certifications from the world of wine.
Very important: at all the pre-selections and of course, at the final competition, all the samples sent by the wineries for the jury's analysis are tasted "in blind", meaning the jurors cannot see the label of the bottle, the judging being done in the most correct way possible.
This year 5 Preselections were organized, I was present to 3 of them and tasted a lot of the proposed wines for the competition. From them, only 15 wines made it to the final on May 14th. These 15 wines were chosen according to the score given by each Jury team at the 5 Preselections.
The Rose Wine Competition that took place on May 13th had the following sections:
- Non-aromatic varieties section: the 15 wines were tasted in blind and the top 7 that ranked according to the score given by the jury were tasted once more in a different order and scored again. Of these 7, only 3 reached the podium, the ones with the highest marks obtained from all 3 jury commissions.
- Aromatic Varieties Section: No Preselections were organized in this case, usually here much fewer wines are proposed by the producers. In the contest, 5 samples of rosé wines from aromatic varieties were entered.
The results of the rosé wine competition 2024, edition number 12, are:
Non-aromatic wines section:
Non-aromatic wines section:
- 1st place: Karakter rose Aurelia Visinescu Wines
- 2nd place: Sole rose Cramele Recas
- 3rd place: Secrets rose Crama Pandora
The Aromatic wines section had only one medaled wine: C'est Soir Busuioaca de Bohotin de la Crama Hermeziu
The event was powered by:
Sponsors: Dagmar – distributie bauturi, Carrefour Romania, Agrovin, DaBacco, Romanian Drink Service – Garrone, Carpathian Springs – Aqua Carpatica, Drink Story
Partners: Yokko, Felxo Etichete, La Mama, Document, Grand Hotel Continental, Zada – Branza cinstita, Blessing Hearts, Vinul.ro, Revino Gourmet
A hot summer awaits us and the winning rosés will be great on these summer days when we're looking for some relaxation and tasty wines.
I wish you a nice summer!
Carmina Nițescu
Winesday.ro & Winesday App
The event was powered by:
Sponsors: Dagmar – distributie bauturi, Carrefour Romania, Agrovin, DaBacco, Romanian Drink Service – Garrone, Carpathian Springs – Aqua Carpatica, Drink Story
Partners: Yokko, Felxo Etichete, La Mama, Document, Grand Hotel Continental, Zada – Branza cinstita, Blessing Hearts, Vinul.ro, Revino Gourmet
A hot summer awaits us and the winning rosés will be great on these summer days when we're looking for some relaxation and tasty wines.
I wish you a nice summer!
Carmina Nițescu
Winesday.ro & Winesday App
