Category Archives: Awards

Doctor Wine 2024: 96 points awarded to our Fatalone Primitivo Riserva 2020

Our Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva Fatalone 2020  was awarded 96 points on the guide “Doctor Wine: Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia 2024.”

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Doctor Wine Award for our Fatalone Riserva 2020

This year, Doctor Wine: Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia 2024 turns 10! The guide is curated by Daniele Cernilli, maybe better known as “Doctor Wine”. In order to receive the Doctor Wine seal of approval, the wine must receive a tasting score of 96 and above. Our Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Fatalone 2022  was also included in the guide and received an excellent score of 94 points.

You can read the full review here:

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Doctor Wine Guide 2024: Fatalone Riserva 2020 and Fatalone Primitivo 2022

Vitae 2024: “Quattro Viti”, top recognition awarded to our Fatalone Riserva 2020

We are proud to announce that our Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva Fatalone 2020 has just received th

e prestigious “Quattro Viti” award. This is the top recognition awarded by the wine guide “Vitae: La guida Vini 2024”, edited by the Italian Association of Sommeliers. The award is conferred to wines receiving 91 points or more  or “wines with an excellent stylistic and organoleptic profile.”

Top Recognition for Falone Riserva 2020

You can read the full review, here:

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Vitae 2024: Review of Fatalone Riserva 2020

DOCTOR WINE 2023: 97 POINTS FOR OUR FATALONE PRIMITIVO 2021

Our Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Fatalone 2021  was awarded 97 points on Doctor Wine: Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia 2023.

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Doctor Wine Award Fatalone Primitivo 2021

The wine guide Doctor Wine: Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia 2023 is curated by Daniele Cernilli, who is also known as “Doctor Wine”. In order to receive the Doctor Wine seal of approval, the wine must receive a tasting score of 96 and above. Our Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva Fatalone 2019 was also included in the guide and received an excellent score of 94 points.

You can read the full review here:

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Doctor Wine Guide 2023 for our Fatalone Primitivo 2021

 

I Vini di Veronelli 2022 Guida Oro: 94 points and Three Golden Stars for Fatalone Riserva 2018

thumbnail of Guida_Veronelli_Tre_Stelle_ Oro_Fatalone_ Riserva_2018The new edition of the “I Vini di Veronelli”  Gold Wine Guide 2022 was presented in Mantova on November 12th. More than 16,000 wines were submitted for tasting  representing wineries from all over Italy.

We are proud and honored to be part of the Tre Stelle Oro with our own organic Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva Fatalone 2018. Out of more than 16,000 wines, only 399 wines received the Three Golden Stars this year. To receive this prestigious recognition, the wine must achieve a rating of at least 94/100. According to the wine guide, this year’s “Tre Stelle Oro”  or Three Golden Stars represent the best vines and wines in all of Italy. We are proud and honored to be part of the Tre Stelle Oro with our own organic Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva Fatalone 2018.

 

 

Slow Wine 2022- Fatalone Riserva Top Wine and Vino Slow

Our organic Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva Fatalone 2018 has been granted the prestigious recognitions of Top Wine and Vino Slow 2022 by Slow Wine.  We have been present in this International Wine Guide for several years now. Nonetheless, we are grateful and honored to receive this acknowledgment. We work hard to produce wines that embody the characteristics of a “Slow Wine”, organic wines representative of their territory, with no use of chemicals in the vineyards and, as always, wines with a great quality-price ratio.

 

ViniBuoni D’Italia 2021 awards Riserva Fatalone 2017 its prestigious Crown

thumbnail of CoronaVinibuoni2021-AttestatoR17The wine guide ViniBuoni d’Italia 2021 awarded our Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva Fatalone 2017 its prestigious Crown: the maximum recognition awarded by the guide to Excellent Wines. Our Puglia IGT Primitivo Fatalone “Teres” 2019 and Fatalone “Spinomarino” 2019 also received top scores.

ViniBuoni 2021 is a wine guide by the Touring Club Italiano edited by Mario Busso and Alessandro Scorsone. It reviews wine obtained from autochthonous grape varieties from all over Italy. Following this criteria, the number of wines it reviews remains limited. We are honored to have been selected in this wine guide for a number of years now.

Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva Fatalone 2017

Score 4 STARS and Crown

Puglia IGT Primitivo Fatalone “Teres” 2019

Score 4 STARS

Puglia IGT Greco Fatalone “Bianco Spinomarino” 2019

Score 3 STARS

Slow Wine 2020

Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Fatalone 2017

Our Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Fatalone 2017 has been granted the prestigious recognition of Slow Wine 2020. Although we have been been present in this International Wine guide for some years now, we are always grateful and honored to receive this recognition. We strive to produce wines that embody the characteristics of “Slow Wine”–organic wines representative of their territory, with no use of chemicals in the vineyards and, to top it off, wines with a great quality-price ratio.

Silver Medal for Fatalone Primitivo Riserva 2015 at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2019

thumbnail of Concours_Mondial_Bruxelles_Silver_Medal_Fatalone_Riserva_2015Our organic Fatalone Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva 2015 was awarded with the Silver Medal at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2019. We are very proud of this recognition as the validity and rigor of their assessment is recognized worldwide.

The Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, as its title suggests, is an international wine competition in which wines are assessed by an equally international tasting panel that includes oenologists, journalists, wine critics, researchers and buyers.

 

 

FALSTAFF FEB-MARCH 2019 “PRIMITIVO TROPHY” FOR FATALONE RISERVA, 93 POINTS

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Falstaff awards Fatalone Primitivo with a “Primitivo Trophy” of 93 points

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Falstaff, an internationally recognized Austrian Wine Guide, awarded our Fatalone Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva 2015 with a “Primitivo Trophy” as part of a special tasting of the excellent Primitivo wines in Puglia.  As in previous tastings, the wines were expertly evaluated by an international tasting panel. Our Fatalone Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva 2015 was awarded a rating of 93 points for, among other qualities, its “bold acidity and a harmonious long finish”. We are specially proud to see our Fatalone Riserva in the list, as it’s one of the few organic primitivo wines that received this high rating and honor.

Slow Wine 2019

Our Fatalone organic and sustainable wines confirm their presence in the internationally renowned guide, Slow Wine. In particular, our Fatalone Gioia del Colle DOC Primitivo Riserva 2015 received the recognition of “Vino Slow”.

As stated on the Slow Wine website, “the SNAIL PRIZE is awarded to wineries whose values (high quality wines, originality, and respect for the land and environment) align with the Slow Food movement. Quality-price ratio is another factor that our editors consider.”

We are proud and honored to embody the Slow Wine characteristics.