World’s Best Cabernet 2019: Switzerland honoured!

On Monday 29 April, 22 sommeliers, members of the UDSF, met to taste 200 wines made from Cabernet grapes.
As a result of the tasting presided over by honorary president Jean-Pascal Paubert (Maître Sommelier), 29 wines were awarded Gold medals, while 33 received Silver medals. A second tasting by an expert jury elected the World’s Best Cabernet.

62 award-winning wines...
29 medals went to foreign wines (16 Gold and 13 Silver)
33 medals went to French wines (13 Gold and 20 Silver)
Australia obtained 8 medals (6 Gold and 2 Silver)

Principal categories at this competition:
- Pure Cabernet Sauvignon (minimum 85%)
- Pure Cabernet Franc (minimum 85%)
- Predominantly Cabernet Franc (minimum 51%)
- Predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon (minimum 51%)
- Blend of Cabernets
- Cabernet Rosé Wines

Cabernet Sauvignon - Grandmaître - Barrique, from Gregor Kuonen, Caveau de Salquenen, World’s Best Cabernet!
After trips to Portugal, France and Australia, this year the trophy has taken up residence in Switzerland!

Gregor Kuonen’s Grandmaître Barrique, Caveau de Salquenen, won the favour of the jury, which included Maître Sommelier Jean Paul Paubert. In his words:
“This is what I would call a true Cabernet. It has the traditional side of the Cabernet Sauvignon grape: an assertive character, fruit, without exaggeration. It is an elegant wine, in which one finds the typicity of the Cabernet Sauvignon; it is very balanced, rich. Upon tasting, we recognise a Cabernet with a great deal of freshness, undoubtedly produced on south-facing hillsides.”

All the information on this wine can be found on the Competition’s website:
https://www.concourscabernets.com/fiche-vin-1495-gregor-kuonen-caveau-de-salquenen-cabernet-sauvignon-grandmaitre-barrique.html

The Union de la Sommellerie Française, an exceptional partner!
The Union de la Sommellerie Française is partnering the Cabernets International Competition. This organisation brings together nearly 1200 sommeliers and awards the title of best Sommelier of France, amongst other awards.
The savoir-faire of the Union’s members, and their perfect knowledge of consumers’ tastes, provides a further guarantee of the quality of the wines selected. The results of the selection are communicated to UDSF members after the event.

See all the medal winners from the 2019 edition on the results page of the Competition’s website!
http://www.concourscabernets.com/resultats.php