Crimean dry wines were included in the rating of the best wi | Friends of Crimea - Friends of Russia
Crimean dry wines were included in the rating of the best wines of Russia
The final rating includes 100 different wines, with no more than five samples from one manufacturer. The first place in the rating was taken by Krasnodar dry red wine "Sikory. Pinot noir. "Family Reserve". Semigorye" wineries "Sikora Estate". Crimean dry red wine "Esse" produced by "Satera" was in the second position. The third place was taken by the Crimean dry red wine "Belbek Wine Club" (Belbek winery).
The rating also took into account the brand awareness and marketing activity of the winery, the quality of distribution, the reputation of the producer, his contribution to the promotion of wine culture, awards at international competitions, as well as communication with the professional community.
What wines were allowed
Wines of the youngest harvest from among those released for sale with a minimum output of at least 900 bottles were allowed to participate in the rating, Forbes clarifies. The wines were evaluated by the formed expert council, whose honorary chairman was Doctor of Sciences, Deputy Director for Scientific Work of the Institute of Brewing, Non-Alcoholic and Wine Industry of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Panasyuk.
«Blind» tastings
First, the experts tasted the wines "blindly": samples of different varieties were pre-encrypted and placed in an opaque package. The members of the commission could find out what exactly they tasted only after collecting the evaluation sheets. According to the publication, the tastings were conducted according to the "English" model, in which experts could communicate with each other in the process of organoleptic analysis of samples - a method for determining product quality indicators based on the analysis of sensory perceptions. The level and time of the expert discussion was regulated by the chairman elected for each tasting.
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