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The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine : Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
The GILBERT & GAILLARD International Magazine :
Make some room in your lounge for WINE REGIONS from around the world
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Pages 116 to 122<br />
TOP WINES<br />
AND BRANDIES<br />
OUR SELECTION<br />
— SARDINIA-SICILY-CAPE BRANDIES-MEDAL-WINNING WINES —<br />
The best OF AUTUMN 2021<br />
Our Autumn 2021 selection, tasted and rated by our tasting panel, is featured on pages 116 to 122. We<br />
have chosen to present wines by region (SARDINIA, CAPE BRANDIES...), then by appellation in each region,<br />
with each company or chateau listed in alphabetical order, and finally by tasting scores in descending order.<br />
THE TASTING PANEL<br />
<strong>FRA</strong>NCE<br />
<strong>FRA</strong>NCE<br />
<strong>FRA</strong>NCE<br />
Philippe Gaillard<br />
Olivier Delorme<br />
James Turnbull<br />
François Gilbert<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
Sylvain Patard<br />
Matthieu Gaillard<br />
François Bezuidenhout<br />
Wine scores<br />
Our tasting notes are scored on a 100 point scale, which gives<br />
enough range to evaluate every characteristic that we taste in a<br />
wine. Below are the different levels that make up this scoring:<br />
95-100/100: an outstanding wine, when a great “terroir” meets<br />
exceptional winemaking expertise.<br />
90-94/100: a superlative wine combining finesse, complexity and<br />
remarkable winemaking.<br />
85-89100: a wine of extremely high standard, which we enjoyed for its<br />
typicity and character.<br />
80-84/100: a quality wine combining balance, structure and neatness for<br />
a pleasurable wine drinking experience.<br />
75-79/100: a wine deemed acceptable.<br />
70-74/100: a wine with defects, unacceptable.<br />
65-69/100: a wine with major defects, inadmissible.<br />
50-64/100: unacceptable wine, not worthy for sale.<br />
Note: wines scoring less than 75/100 are not included in our publications.<br />
■ RED WINE<br />
Wine characteristics<br />
■ DRY WHITE WINE<br />
■ ROSE WINE<br />
■ SWEET WHITE WINE<br />
ORG : Organic Wine.<br />
CONV : In the process of converting to organic<br />
production.<br />
CR : This statement refers to sensible farming<br />
methods where use of inputs or agri-chemicals are<br />
restricted. These include fertilisers or other crop<br />
protection products, the aim being to limit their<br />
impact on the environment to a minimum.<br />
AGEABILITY<br />
■ SPARKLING BRUT<br />
■ SPARKLING EXTRA-BRUT<br />
■ SPARKLING BRUT ROSE<br />
■ BRANDIES<br />
D= DRINK NOW D= DRINK NOW OR KEEP D= KEEP<br />
AUTUMN 2021 - GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE 115
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