Hungarian wines won 58 medals at the world’s most prestigious wine competition

From the white wines in Tokaj to the red wines in Villány, Hungarian wines received vast recognition at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards. Juliet Victor’s Édes Szamorodni was even selected Best in Show.

Decanter World Wine Awards is the world’s largest and most influential wine competition. In 2020, for the 17th time in the Award’s history, a total of 16,518 wines from 56 countries were in competition, which were all rigorously examined by a jury of 116 wine experts.

And Hungary performed exceptionally well this year. As Igényes Férfi writes, Hungarian wine producers took home 1 Best in Show, 5 platinum, 12 gold, and 40 silver medals. This is a great improvement compared to last year’s results when 3 Hungarian wines received a platinum and 7 a gold medal.

Hungary’s ‘Best in Show’ wine this year is Juliet Victor’s Édes Szamorodni from 2017, with a very impressive score of 97 out of 100. As the jury wrote about this sweet white wine,

“This bright gold Tokaji smells fresh and lively yet alluring and sensual too, with the fragrance of Harslevelu and the sweetly grapy appeal of Muscat Lunel joining the less focussed warmth and force of Furmint. On the palate, this is a decidedly rich wine with ample sweet unction. […]”