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Bonifacio Aragonez
Caves Bonifácio’s Aragonez Receives Distinguished Prémio Prestigio Award at Concurso Nacional!
Bonifácio Aragonez Regional Estremadura Red Wine 2007 received a 96.5 score and the Prestige Award at Portugal’s top wine competition Concurso Nacional de Vinhos Engarrafados 2009.
Only 6 other wines out of the 500 which entered the competition received the award, the highest mark of distinction bestowed in the competition, which was held May 12-15 in Santarém, Portugal.
In addition, other wines from the Caves Bonifácio got the following respected medals:
- Silver Medal – Encosta da Tapada Estremadura Red Wine 2007
- Silver Medal – Caves Bonifácio Cabernet Sauvignon Estremadura Red Wine 2007
- Silver Medal – Caves Bonifácio Alicante Bouschet + Aragonez Estremadura Red Wine 2007.
The Blind-Tasting Jury comprises of 200 wine professionals, including oenologists, restaurant professionals, journalists and sommeliers of national and international renown. Wines with 78 to 88 points receive the Silver Medal, and those with 89 to 100 points the Gold Medal. A Final Jury awarded the Prestige Award to 7 wines chosen from the Gold Medal winners with more than 95 points.
“We are a smaller family-owned winery, so for us these awards are quite significant,” says António Pereira, the winery’s director. “It goes to show our strong passion for producing superior wines.”
Bonifácio’s top wines are produced using the EU’s Biological Production guidelines, the equivalent of Organic in the U.S. The vines are grown in shallow and low fertility soils in order to diminish the production, thus improving the quality of the grape. They are not watered to prevent the decreasing of tannins. No herbicides or chemical fertilizers are used. No enzymes or agents are used in the aging process.
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