Alliances du Monde^®
International Wine & Barrel Competition

International "Mark of Quality" about wine and oak harmony

The world’s top 2022 award for the best wines aged in oak barrel in competition

The 10^th International Wine & Barrel Competition Alliances du Monde organized by Forum Œnologie association, was held on December 2, 2022 at Château des Ravatys in Burgundy (France). In competition wines samples came from 9 countries. World while wineries have present the best of their prestigious oak aged wines.

Wine & Barrel occupies a special place amongst international competitions thanks to its worldwide scope and its rigorous method. Strict quality standards and optimal tasting conditions enabled the international judges to award medals that are recognised as a reliable criterion for selection.

International expert judges, specially identified for their expertise in sensory analysis about oak-aged wines, have tasted wines from the whole world: still wines (red and white), sparkling wines (Champagne and Crémant), sweet and « aged under veil of yeast » wines having all in common to be matured in oak barrels.

Assessing the quality of an astonishingly rich palette of sensory identities

Oak ageing is a state of mind, an art without equal: an analysis of the tasting comments from the panel of expert judges clearly testifies to the richness and generosity of aroma expressions that can be found in oak-aged wines. The alliance of wine and oak brings out the subtle balances, harmonies full of nuance, and all the complexity of unique aroma palettes.

The large family of oak-aged wines contains a rich palette of sensory identities, with oak ageing as the common denominator. The Wine & Barrel competition is representative of this diversity: entries include sparkling wines, including oak-aged Champagnes, sweet wines (Sauternes, Layon, Muscat, Banyuls, Maury, and Malvoisie among others), and wines with 10 years or more of age.

The “Old Vintages and Rare Wines” ranking at Alliances du Monde^® 

The Top Ten ranking Alliances du Monde^®, of the wines that obtained the best notes, is synonymous of an extremely high quality level.

This annual meeting devoted to the quality of the aged-oak wines has been an opportunity for the expert judges to deepen their identification process of the best wine/oak expressions. This annual meeting devoted to the quality of the aged-oak wines has been an opportunity for the expert judges to deepen their identification process of the best wine/oak expressions.

Top 10 Alliances du Monde^® 2022*

Country	Product	Winery
Australia	Wakefield - Jaraman Shiraz 2020	Wakefield Taylors Wines
France	Banyuls Rimage AOP - Terres des Templiers - Mise tardive 2020	GICB - Terres des Templiers
Australia	Wakefield - Masterstroke - Cabernet Shiraz 2018	Wakefield Taylors Wines
Moldavia	Taraboste - Tribut - Cabernet Sauvignon 2017	Château Vartely
Turkey	Kavaklidere - Côtes d'Avanos - Château Serie - Narince 2021	Kavaklidere Saraplari AS
Moldavia	Taraboste - Alb 2021	Château Vartely
France	Saint Véran AOC - Révélis 2018	Vignerons des Terres Secrètes
France	Pouilly-Fuissé 1er Cru - Le Clos - Monopole 2020	Château Fuissé
Australia	Taylors - Premium Release - Cabernet Sauvignon 2021	Wakefield Taylors Wines
France	Pouilly-Fuissé AOP - L'exception 2019	Domaine Corsin
Italy	Circeo Doc - Dune - Bianco 2020	Cantina Sant'Andrea Az. Agricola
* Some wines are rigorously equal thus the TOP 10 2022 includes 11 wines.

Organized by Forum Œnologie

For 20 years, Forum Œnologie organizes international competitions that gradually stood in the world through quality standards that go well beyond the norm.

Unique by their international scope and their demanding method, they have the singularity to allow qualitative confrontation between wines from a same grape variety (Chardonnay, Syrah, Muscats) or a same wine family made from similar winemaking methods, such as sparkling wines. The medals awarded by Chardonnay du Monde^® , Syrah du Monde^® , Muscats du Monde^® and Effervescents du Monde^® are recognized and reliable selection criteria.