FOOD & ROSÉ SELECTION BY CMB: THE MAGNIFICENT TWENTY-FOUR ‘STAR’ FOOD-FRIENDLY WINES ARE FROM FRANCE, PORTUGAL, ITALY, SPAIN, ROMANIA, BULGARIA, MOLDAVIA AND SLOVAKIA.
TROPHIES AWARDED FOR THE BEST ROSÉ WINE-FOOD PAIRINGS OF THE YEAR.
The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles is blazing the trail for food and rosé pairing trends by hosting the first Food & Rosé Selection. Over 120 of Europe’s top drops joined the competition’s ‘procession’ in L’Aquila to find the best food and rosé wine pairings of the year. The wines awarded the twenty-four Food & Rosé Selection trophies in the competition, which took place from 4 to 6 June in conjunction with the Abruzzo Region, came from France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldavia and Slovakia. According to the prestigious panel of 44 international experts, the twenty-four rosé labels stood out for their remarkable versatility, making them not just suitable for happy hour quaffing but more importantly for pairing with a full array of foods. Candidates proved their worth as the new ‘stars’ of the table for all types of consumers, from experts to simple enthusiasts:
1.Best rosé APERITIF wines:
Marrenon Petula 2020
Marrenon Vignobles en Luberon et Ventoux, Côtes du Lubéron rosé ǀ Rhone Valley, FRANCE
Rabo de Gala Rosé 2020
Casa Santos Lima – Companhia Das Vinhas S.a., Vinho Regional Lisboa ǀ Lisboa, PORTUGAL
Joy Rosé Brut 2020
Az. Forchir Di Bianchini G.&c. S.s.a., Prosecco DOC ǀ Friuli Venezia Guilia, ITALY
- Best rosé wines for RAW FISH:
Gardian Grenache – Cinsault – Syrah 2020
SAS Alma Cersius, IGP Coteaux de Béziers ǀ Languedoc-Roussillon, FRANCE
Typic 2020
Bwine, Pays d’Oc IGP rosé ǀ Languedoc-Roussillon, FRANCE
Marisa Cuomo Rosato 2020
SRL Cantine Marisa Cuomo, Costa d’Amalfi DOC ǀ Campania, ITALY - Best rosé wines for COOKED FISH:
Rosé d’une Nuit 2020
SASU Fonjoya delta, Languedoc Saint-Saturnin ǀ Languedoc-Roussillon, FRANCE
Fleur de l’Amaurigue 2020
Domaine de l’Amaurigue, Côtes de Provence rosé ǀ Provence, FRANCE
Les Hauts de Montrouge 2020
Les Hauts de Montrouge, Côtes de Gascogne IGP ǀ Sud-Ouest, FRANCE - Best rosé wines for COLD CUTS:
Rosé Minéral 2020
Producta Vignobles, Bordeaux Rosé ǀ Bordeaux, FRANCE
Finca Cerrada Rosado Bio 2020
Vinicola de Tomelloso SCL, La Mancha ǀ Castilla-la-Mancha, SPAIN
Rosè d’Amour 2019
Azienda Agricola Possa ǀ Liguria, ITALY - Best rosé wines for COOKED MEAT:
Karma Rosé 2020
Azienda Agricola Chiusa Grande, Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo DOC ǀ Abruzzo, ITALY
*unanimous
Champagne Cédric Guyot Brut Rosé Cuvée Tradition
Champagne Cédric Guyot EARL, Champagne ǀ Champagne, FRANCE
*particularly with lamb skewers
Champagne Brut Rosé Pierre Mignon
Champagne Pierre Mignon, Champagne ǀ Champagne, FRANCE
*special prize for this magnificent sparkling wine, which also perfectly pair with white meats - Best rosé wines for SPICY DISH:
Casa de Illana Alma Rosé 2020
Bodegas y Viñedos Illana SL, Ribera del Jucar ǀ Castilla-la-Mancha, SPAIN
Viña Nava Garnacha Rosé 2020
Anecoop S. Coop., Navarra ǀ Navarra, SPAIN
Mysterium Roze 2017
Sc Jidvei SRL Filiala Alba, Târnave ǀ Transylvania, ROMANIA - Best rosé wines for CHEESE:
Quantum Rose Pinot Noir Syrah 2020
Domaine Boyar International EAD, PGI Thracian Valley ǀ Thrace, BULGARIA
Kazayak Suvorov Merlot Rose 2020
Suvorov-Vin Ltd. ǀ Stefan Voda, MOLDAVIA
Il Casato Pinot Grigio Rosato 2020
Schenk Italia Spa, DOC delle Venezie ǀ Veneto, ITALY - Best rosé wines for DESSERT:
Raymond Bossis Rosé 2019
SCEA Les Groies, Pineau des Charentes ǀ Charentes, FRANCE
Amatista Moscato Rosé
Anecoop S. Coop., Valencia ǀ Valencia, SPAIN
Vino Raca Frankovka Modra 2015
Villa Vino Raca A.S. ǀ SLOVAKIA
The prestigious kitchen of the Magione Papale restaurant in L’Aquila was the focal point of the competition. It served typical Abruzzo ‘surf and turf’ cuisine, prepared with the students of the ‘Leonardo da Vinci L’Aquila’ hospitality institute. It offered a complete panorama of Abruzzo culinary excellence, served blind with wines in the competition finals. The gourmet recipes ranged from Paccheri with sweet Ventricina del Vastese and mozzarella cheese with PDO L’Aquila Saffron to cold lentil soup with Santo Stefano di Sessanio lentils, PGI Fucino ‘Agata’ potato and spicy L’Aquila liver sausage. They also included Abruzzo-style fish soup, Pescocostanzo Caciocavallo cheese on Solina bread with Abruzzo wildflower honey, Arrosticini abruzzesi and thinly sliced swordfish with real Atessa dried figs on fried flatbreads, along with sweet recipes made from Amaretti morbidi and mostaccioli, along with suggestions for the aperitif, such as sirloin steak Strascicata.
Over the three-day event, there was also the opportunity to review the ‘drink pink’ phenomenon through debates curated by the Consortium for the Protection of Abruzzo Wines; Gilles Masson and Nathalie Poulzagues, respectively director and project manager at the Research and Experimentation Centre on Rosé Wine in Provence; Pierpaolo Penco, wine and food marketing consultant at Affinamenti and Country Manager Italy for Wine Intelligence; Kateřina Slezáková and Gaia Gottardo, respectively marketing manager of Vinolok and Vinolok distributor at Amorim Cork Italia S.p.A.
The first Food & Rosé Selection by Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (concoursmondial.com/en/food-rose-selection-2/) fully complied with social distancing rules and anti-Covid safety measures, partly thanks to equipment from the Abruzzo-based event sponsor Safegatepro (www.safegatepro.it) and Dante Labs of L’Aquila, which provided the mobile laboratory for Covid testing.
The Rosé Selection of Concours Mondial de Bruxelles will be back with a second edition in March 2022, but this time in Spain.
