04 June 08 - Cellar Exclusive Viognier wins GOLD at Decanter World Wine Awards

At the recent Decanter World Wine Awards, Capel Vale performed very strongly winning a gold medal for the 2007 Cellar Exclusive Geographe Viognier.

This year the judges, over 50 of whom flew in from overseas, were extremely rigorous in the judging. Despite the large number of entries, the consistency in terms of medals awarded, was remarkable. On a similar scale to previous years only 64% of wines were awarded a medal, and of those just 2.84% won a gold medal or a trophy. 12.4% won a silver medal.

Decanter World Wine Awards Chairman Steven Spurrier said "winning a silver medal in the Decanter World Wine Awards is the equivalent of winning a gold from other competitions. Our prestige goes before us"

Other Capel Vale wines that were awarded bronze medals were:

• 2007 Single Vineyard Whispering Hill Riesling
• 2007 Debut Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
• 2006 Regional Series Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon
• 2007 Regional Series Pemberton Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

A great result from a very tough competition!

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