The Müller Thurgau Festival has now reached its thirty-fifth edition, confirming itself as an international meeting with labels from various European countries thanks to the wide participation to the correlated contest: Müller Thurgau International Wine Competition and it is held in Cembra Valley, a mountainous zone in Trentino area, Northern Italy.
An appointment organized by the ‘Mostra Valle di Cembra Committee’ with the support of Trentino Marketing and the association of ‘Trentino Wine Routes’ which well explain the aim as whole: to explore the entire territory by means of the various activities well developed in the area: trekking, bike tours, wine&food tours well combined to local attractions and so on. Activities that I would seriously invite everyone to discover on the website of the Trentino Wine Route, a body that I find particularly proactive.
The festival was launched last June, the 30th and closes today, July the 3rd, when there is still time to take advantage of the various scheduled events, including the tasting of the wines of the wineries involved. And on Friday, July the 1st, the winners of the international competition were unveiled. We have probably already read the names (I report them below), but I like to underline the international participation. Out of 82 labels in competition, 24 wines were awarded, those that obtained scores above 85.5 with 12 labels from Trentino, 2 from South Tyrol at North, 1 from Valle d’Aosta and 9 from abroad: 6 German, 2 Swiss and one Czech. Furthermore, 19 are from 2021 vintage, 4 from 2020 and 1 from 2019, demonstrating the unexpected, although discreet, potential for ageing.
Could the Cembra Valley be capable of becoming a European reference point for a global exchange as well as the value appreciation of the latest generation Müller Thurgau?
Here is the full list:
IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti Müller Thurgau 2021 – Azienda Agricola Casimiro; IGT Vigneti delle Dolomiti Müller Thurgau 2019 – Azienda Agricola F.lli Giorgio e Federico Paolazzi; DOC Trentino Müller Thurgau Laetitia 2021 – Azienda Agricola Fratelli Romanese; DOC Trentino Müller Thurgau 2021 Bio – Azienda Agricola Villa Piccola; DOC Trentino Müller Thurgau 2021 – Azienda Soc. Agr. Semplice Toniolli; DOC Trentino Müller Thurgau Athesim Flumen 2021 – Cantina Aldeno; DOC Trentino Müller Thurgau 2021 – Cantina Rotaliana di Mezzolombardo; DOC Trentino Müller Thurgau Ritratti 2021 – Cantina La Vis; DOC Trentino Müller Thurgau 2021 – Cantina Toblino; DOC Trentino Müller Thurgau 2021 – Fondazione Mach; Doc Trentino Superiore Valle di Cembra Müller Thurgau Pietramontis – 2020 and 2021 – di Villa Corniole. Cantina Produttori Valle Isarco, with DOC Alto Adige Valle Isarco Müller Thurgau 2021 and DOC Alto Adige Valle Isarco Müller Thurgau Aristos 2021; DOC Valle d’Aosta Müller Thurgau 2021 – Cave des Onze Communes, Meersburger Lerchenberg Müller Thurgau Trocken 2021 – Staatsweingut Meersburg; Iphöfer Müller Thurgau Trocken 2021 – Hans Wirshing; Pfalz “In the Mood of Müller” Trocken 2021 – Weingut Hammel & CIE GMBH; Müller Thurgau Classic 2020 – Weingut Hornstein; Begerischer Bodensee Nonnehornes Müller Thurgau 2021 – Winzerhof Gierer; Qualitatswein Baden – Bodensee Müller Thurgau Sonnenufer Trocken 2020 – Winzerverein Hagnau; Riesling Sylvaner Rebgut 2020 – Jacob Schmid Kaspar Wetli and AOS Müller Thurgau 2021 – Wolfer; Müller Thurgau 2021 select harvest sweet – Lahofer.
