Penedo Borges - Finca Don Otaviano

Penedo Borges Malbec Reserva 2007 − Gold Medal Vinus 2009 − Mendoza − Argentina

The 6 th International Concours of Wines and Liquors of Latina América, VINUS 2009, was sucessfully concluded on August 28th, 2009., with a respectable participacion of wines from 28 different countries. The event was based at the Hotel Diplomático at Mendoza, Argentina.

Gold Medals were awarded to wines achieving between 89. and 92.99 points whereas Silver Medals to those achieving between 87 and 88.99.

Our Penedo Borges Malbec Reserva 2007 was awarded Gold Medal.

Gran Reserva Malbec 2007 − Silver Medial Argentina Wine Awards 2010

Between February 22 and 25, 2010, the prestigious Wines of Argentina succesfully held the 4th edition of The Argentina Wine Awards, in Mendoza.

The international panel of judges, all of them MASTERS OF WINE, has been selected not only from as wide a range of relevant countries and nationalities as possible but also exclusively from the membership of the Institute of Masters of Wine (www.mastersofwine.org): Sebastian Payne, Rosemary George, Dirceu Vianna Jr and Jô Ahearne (UK), Madeleine Stenwerth (Suécia), Frank Roeder y Essi Avenam (Alemania), Bárbara Phillip (Canadá), Debra Meiburg, Roger Bohmrich, Petre McCombie y Sheri Sauter Morano (USA and Asia).

A record of 650 wine samples were submited and, Silver Medals were awarded to only 182 of them, amongst which our Penedo Borges Gran Reserva Malbec 2007.

Penedo Borges Gran Reserva Malbec 2005 and Penedo Borges Malbec Reserva 2007 Wins Silver Medal in Argentina Wine Awards 2009

The 3r edition of Argentina World Wine Awards was sucesfully performed in Mendoza, last week of February. A total of 512 wines were submitted, of which a record number of reds: 392 .

An international jury formed by 18 specialists from diferent countries such as the UK (Sarah Jane Evans,Tim Atkin and Charles Metcalfe), USA ( Leslie Sbrocco,Andréa Robinson and Lynn Farmer) ,Brasil (Jorge Carrara, Mario Telles e Jorge Lucki),Canadá (Anthony Gismondi,Jacques Orhon and Stuart Tobe and Argentina (Pedro Marchevsky (Dominio del Plata), Roberto de la Mota (Mendel Wines), Marcelo Pelleriti (Clos de los Siete), Edgardo del Popolo (Viña Doña Paula), Daniel Pi (Trapiche), Andrea Marchiori (Viña Cobos), Santiago Mayorga (Mendel), Matías Riccitelli (Fabre Montmayou) blindly tasted all wines and awarded 2 Silver Medals to our Penedo Borges Gran Reserva Malbec 2005 and Penedo Borges Malbec Reserva 2007, meaning that both wines achieved between 17,6 and 18,5 points out of 20.

Other prestigious wines were awarded Silver Medals as well: Angélica Catena Zapata,Andeluna,Alta Vista,Gran Lurton,A-Crux Fournier , Luigi Bosca Gala 2 and Trapiche Medalla amongst others.

Penedo Borges Malbec Reserva 2006 Wins Silver Medal in Argentina Wine Awards 2008

Last February, the 2nd competition for the Argentina Wine Award took place in Mendoza, Argentina, in which one of our newest wines, the Penedo Borges Malbec Reserva 2006, won the Silver Medal.

The panel of jurors was composed of specialists of international prestige, such as the American Master of Wine Doug Frost and Patrício Tapia, the well-respected Chilean critic. 

More than 500 wines were blind tasted during the competition.   Among the silver medalists were several wines considered icons of Argentinean viniculture, such as the Angelica Zapata Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon, Catena D.V. Cabernet-Malbec, Colomé Malbec, Benmarco from Susana Balbo, B Crux and Alfa Crux from O. Fournier, and many other more famous and several times more expensive wines than our Penedo Borges Malbec Reserva.

Penedo Borges Malbec Merlot 2004 Wins Silver Medal in Decanter World Wine Awards 2007 – London

In 2007 we submitted the Penedo Borges Malbec Merlot 2004 to the annual evaluation of the prestigious London based magazine Decanter. Decanter magazine is considered the world's most important wine magazine.

This was the first time that a wine from Finca Don Otaviano participated in an international competition, and it competed with 7642 wines. The Penedo Borges Malbec Merlot 2004 was awarded a Silver Medal. According to the criteria of the competition, this means that the wine ranked between very good and excellent.

It is interesting to note that amongst the Argentinean wines to be awarded the Silver Medal in this competition, there were also some super premiums wines such as  Alpha Crux from O. Fournier, and the Malbec and Zuccardi Q Tempranillo.  This is further proof that Finca Don Otaviano’s objective is to produce high quality wines at affordable prices.