DOUBLE GOLD FOR LA RIOJANA AT ARGENTINE BONARDA COMPETITION 2019

La Riojana was delighted to win a grand total of five gold medals, including one of the competition’s top two medals, Double Gold, at the recent 6th Argentine Bonarda Competition held in Mendoza, Argentina on Saturday 30th August 2019. 

The top scoring wine for La Riojana was Raza Argentina Bonarda Reserve 2018, which was awarded a Double Gold medal and an impressive 93 points. This was followed by four wines Solombra Bonarda Organico 2018; 75 Vendimias – 500 Familias Bonarda; Santa Florentina Reserva Bonarda 2018 and Raza Argentina Cosecha Seleccionada Bonarda 2018, all of which were awarded Gold medals. In addition to this, La Riojana’s Tilimuqui Fairtrade Organic Bonarda 2018 won a Bronze medal. 

Roberto Mantovani, General Manager for La Riojana, commented “We are absolutely delighted with these results, particularly as for the past couple of years we have been getting behind this varietal, knowing that it can make great quality wines.”