(As this site is for Champagne only, you can check the rest of the sparkling wine World Championship results at www.champagnesparklingwwc.com)
Trophies announced at London awards dinner
Founder Tom Stevenson and fellow judge Essi Avellan MW announced 11 National Champion sparkling wines at the Awards Dinner of the Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships 2015 on September 2nd at Vintners’ Hall in London, in front of over 100 international winemakers, producers and journalists.
11 outstanding National Champions were chosen from over 100 Best in Class sparkling wines. Louis Roederer 2004 Cristal Rosé was selected as the Best French sparkling wine. It was also named Supreme World Champion.
Commenting on the results, Tom Stevenson said: “With 113 new producers, a 38% increase in the number of countries represented and 36% more Gold and Silver medal-winning wines this year, we can truly say that the CSWWC 2015 has been welcomed and embraced by every significant terroir for sparkling wine production!
“This increase in both diversity and quality has doubled the number of Best in Class awards this year, which is a good thing because it draws attention to the high standard of sparkling wine around the world, but it presented us with a problem. It would have resulted in so many Champion trophies by Style that those trophies would have been devalued. We therefore made National trophies our highest and most prestigious awards in 2015, with the single illustrious exception of the Supreme World Champion. Next year it is very likely that we shall see the return of World Champions by Style, but they will be reduced to a select few to ensure that the exclusivity of our top awards is retained.”
The CSWWC is the most respected, comprehensive and rigorous international sparkling wine competition in the world. The complete list of Trophies, Best in Class, Gold and Silver medal winners for 2015 is now available to view on www.champagnesparklingwwc.com/results/results-2015 and will be published with full tasting notes and price categories for each wine in Tom Stevenson’s Champagne & Sparkling Wine Guide 2016 (due to be published in October 2015).
The CSWWC is the first and only terroir-driven competition judged exclusively by internationally renowned fizz experts, who all taste each and every wine submitted to guarantee an unprecedented level of consistency and accuracy of judging. Founded by Tom Stevenson in 2014, with the support and expertise of Essi Avellan MW and Dr Tony Jordan, the CSWWC provides both consumers and trade with the definitive annual guide to the best Champagnes and sparkling wines on the planet.
GOLD
Charles Heidsieck 1983 Brut (Magnum)
Charles Heidsieck NV Brut Reserve
Charles Heidsieck NV Rosé Reserve Brut
Charles Heidsieck 2005 Brut Millésime
Charles Heidsieck 1995 Blanc des Millénaires Millésime Brut
De Castelnau 1998 Millésime Brut (Magnum)
Devaux NV Cuvée D Brut (Magnum)
Devaux NV D Rosé Brut (Magnum)
Dom Pérignon 1998 Plénitude 2 Brut
Dom Pérignon 2004 Rosé Vintage Brut
Duval-Leroy 1996 Femme Brut (Magnum)
Duval-Leroy NV Fleur de Champagne Premier Cru Brut (Magnum)
G.H. Mumm NV Cordon Rouge Brut (Magnum)
G.H. Mumm 2002 R. Lalou Brut
G.H. Mumm NV Mumm de Cramant Blanc de Blancs Brut
Goutorbe-Bouillot NV Cuvée Louise B Brut (Magnum)
Jacquart NV Extra-Brut
Lanson NV Extra Age Brut
Laurent-Perrier 2004 Alexandra Grande Cuvée Rosé
Laurent-Perrier 2006 Vintage Brut
Les Pionniers 2006 Vintage Brut
Les Pionniers NV Brut
Louis Roederer 2004 Cristal Brut
Louis Roederer 2004 Cristal Rosé Brut
Louis Roederer 2009 Rosé Brut
Louis Roederer 2009 Blanc de Blancs Brut
Louis Roederer 2008 Vintage Brut
Louis Roederer NV Brut Premier (Magnum)
Moët & Chandon 2004 Grand Vintage Brut (Magnum)
Nicolas Feuillatte 2006 Grand Cru Chardonnay Millésime Brut
Palmer & Co NV Blanc de Noirs Brut
Palmer & Co NV Brut Reserve
Palmer & Co NV Blanc de Blancs Brut
Piper-Heidsieck NV Essentiel Cuvée Brut
Piper-Heidsieck 2002 Rare Millésime Brut
Pommery NV Brut Royal (Magnum)
Pommery NV Les Clos Pompadour Brut (Magnum)
Ruinart NV Blanc de Blancs Brut (Magnum)
Ruinart 2002 Dom Ruinart Rosé Brut
Ruinart 2004 Dom Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Brut
Taittinger 2006 Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
Taittinger 2006 Comtes de Champagne Rosé Brut
Veuve Clicquot NV Yellow Label Brut
Veuve Clicquot NV Yellow Label Brut (Magnum)
SILVER
Averys NV Brut Special Cuvée Brut
Billecart-Salmon NV Brut Rosé
Billecart-Salmon 2004 Blanc de Blancs Brut
Bissinger NV Premium Cuvée Brut
De Castelnau 2003 Blanc de Blancs Brut
Devaux NV Ultra D Extra Brut (Magnum)
G.H. Mumm NV Le Demi-Sec
G.H. Mumm NV Le Rosé Brut
G.H. Mumm NV Cordon Rouge Brut (75cl)
G.H. Mumm 2006 Millésime Brut
Goutorbe-Bouillot NV Carte d’Or Brut (Magnum)
Jacquart NV Mosaïque Brut
Jacquart 2006 Blanc de Blancs Brut
Janisson & Fils NV Brut Grand Cru
Lanson NV Extra Age Blanc de Blancs Brut
Laurent-Perrier NV Brut
Laurent-Perrier NV Cuvée Rosé Brut
Louis Bernard NV Premier Cru Brut
Louis Bernard 2007 Vintage Brut
Moët & Chandon 2002 Grand Vintage Rosé Brut (Magnum)
Moët & Chandon NV Impérial Brut (Magnum)
Moutard NV Prestige Rosé Brut
Moutard NV Grande Cuvée Brut
Palmer & Co 2008 Brut Millésimé
Perrier-Jouët NV Blason Rosé Brut
Piper-Heidsieck 2006 Vintage Brut
Thiénot NV Brut