Results were announced yesterday.

Decanter World Wine Awards 2011

Generally available Regional winners include

Tingleup Riesling 2010
M&S Chilean SB 2008
Mayu Syrah Reserve 2008 (again)
Secano Sauv Gris 2010
Vavasour SB 2010
Waimea SB 2010
Asda Marques del Norte Rioja Crianza 2010
Cave De Lugny Chardonnay 2010
TF Coteaux Du Languedoc Picpoul-de-pinet (White ) 2010

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tribs

Saint Clair PB 19 2010 got a bronze. Brancott Estate 2010 basic got silver.

~shakes head...sighs~

take it there's not much difference between the 2009 & 2010 tingleup ?
I purposely went for the 2009 coz of the extra bottle age...

The 09 this time last year was medium bodied, sweet and Germanic. Mel also noted that the flavour was more Germany than Oz. I wasn't that concerned though as that's what the wine is always like in it's youth.

The 2010 though is light, sweet and very Australian in flavour with lime and petrol already showing.

I hope this bodes well for the 2010 but it is very light. That worries me a bit.

G - The panel were off that day.

Filter last year's awards, and for the '09 vintage and all your favourite MSB's, Bird Block 19, Oh Block 6, SC Wairau Valley and VM Clifford Bay were all awarded Golds.

Read this apparent nonsense for a silver:

Esk Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2009
Marlborough, New Zealand

(White)

Soapy, confected nose, light pungency with some green gooseberry tones and mineral length.

UK price: £8.99 LAI

Is that TN summary your idea of a silver on the '09 vintage ?

I've drunk this wine which was generally £8.99 unless in a mixed case, or on offer, and that TN in blue italic above, is pretty wide of the mark. The wine needed time to open fully to exhibit its flavours which were rather more than gooseberry tones. A pungency not exceptional by many standards and therefore not worth summarizing per se'. It was a satisfying upper middle rank though. A confected nose is not what I'm looking for ? Further, I do not remember it being such.

Soapy & Confected nose with pungency - Hmnnn ? An odd combination or description for an MSB, and not a summary that I would have written.

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Duncan

No, I write that again.

That Decanter TN for the Esk Valley MSB is a crumb of meaningless tosh.

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Duncan

Is`nt 90% of it tosh though ?

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He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

Bring all these judges back on another day, make them blind taste and rate all the wines again and I guarantee you will have a completely different set of results.

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Yep, Im still here.