Decanter World Wine Awards 2025 outcomes revealed

The outcomes of this yr’s Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) have been revealed.

They spotlight distinctive high quality, a document variety of first-time wins, rising stars and outstanding performances from each traditional and rising wine areas.

‘Successful a Gold or Platinum award at DWWA can actually change a producer’s life,’ stated DWWA decide and Grasp of Wine Tim Marson. Beth Willard, DWWA Co-Chair echoes this, highlighting the transformative energy of a medal: ‘Think about a producer who’s by no means entered earlier than, perhaps fairly a brand new producer and so they get a Gold medal. That opens the world stage for them…it may possibly actually launch them right into a market.’

Celebrating its twenty second version, DWWA stays the world’s largest and most influential wine competitors. This yr, wines from 57 international locations had been evaluated by 248 high worldwide specialists, together with 22 Grasp Sommeliers and 72 Masters of Wine – probably the most within the competitors’s historical past.

A DWWA medal on a bottle – or a search by our outcomes database – reveals that the wine has been blind-tasted by main wine specialists. Judged purely on high quality, these awards spotlight wines that stand out at each stage, from good to actually distinctive.

Every year, wine professionals, fans and shoppers world wide flip to the DWWA outcomes as a trusted information – and we’re proud to be a go-to supply for wine suggestions.

Now’s the proper time to discover this yr’s award-winning wines, from celebrated classics to rising stars from rising areas.

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On the 2025 awards, 50 Finest in Present medals had been awarded (representing simply 0.30% of all wines tasted), alongside 137 Platinum and 732 Gold medals, each a rise on final years’ with the general medals in whole growing from 81.5% to 82.2% this yr. Total a better share of high medals had been awarded demonstrating the rise in high quality of the wines submitted.

As well as, the favored Worth Gold Prime Checklist recognised fine quality wines priced below £15 has additionally seen a rise kind 20 wines to 30 this yr.

A notable change this yr was the expanded magnum class, now open to all glowing wines. For the primary time, a magnum of English glowing wine was awarded Finest in Present – Sugrue South Downs, The Hassle With Goals, Sussex, England, United Kingdom 2009. In whole, three Platinums and three Golds had been awarded to magnum entries from France, Hungary, Italy and the UK.

Highlight on DWWA 2025 winners

Finest performing international locations

DWWA 2025 outcomes map: The place the highest medals went

Prime medal winners

France as soon as once more led the medal rely with 187 top-tier awards, together with 14 Finest in Present, 33 Platinum and 140 Gold medals. Champagne secured 27 high awards, together with three Finest in Present classic cuvées:

• Barons de Rothschild Uncommon Assortment Blanc de Blancs 2014
• Lanson Noble Brut 2008
• Uncommon Champagne Brut 2012

Burgundy stood out for its Finest in Present achievements with two firsts, with Jean-Marc Brocard, Bougros, Chablis Grand Cru 2023 and Albert Bichot, Hospices de Beaune Cuvée Cyrot-Chaudron, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2023 successful the highest prize with neither appellation having obtained this accolade earlier than.

Within the south, Corsica obtained its first ever Platinum medal for San Ghjuvà, Riserva, Vin de Corse 2022 (97 factors) and Languedoc-Roussillon celebrated its first-ever Worth Platinum medal (97 factors, below £15) for Domaines Bonfils,  Château Vaugelas V, Corbières 2023, each landmark achievements. And within the east, Jura obtained a Finest in Present from the identical producer for the second consecutive yr –  Michel Tissot & Fils, Château-Chalon 2017. In 2024 the 2016 classic gained this a lot coveted award. France additionally secured 5 Prime Worth Gold positions, second solely to Spain on this yr’s Prime 30.

Italy strengthened its place with 138 top-tier medals (up from 107 in 2024), together with six Finest in Present and 30 Platinum medals underscoring its depth throughout heritage and revolutionary types.

Tuscany led the cost with a Finest in Present medal for Tenuta Meraviglia Maestro di Cava Bolgheri Superiore 2020, the identical wine attaining a Platinum in 2024 with the 2019 classic. The area additionally secured an extra eight Platinum and 20 Gold medals. Piedmont was not far behind with two Finest in Present, 5 Platinum and 19 Golds, together with a first-ever Gold medal for an Erbuluce, for Tenuta Roletto, Erbaluce di Caluso, Passito 2013.

Southern Italy shouldn’t be ignored with Sardinia attaining 4 Platinum medals, the primary since 2021, and a robust efficiency from Sicily, securing a Finest in Present for Donnafugata Ben Ryé Passito di Pantelleria 2023, the primary since 2023. Additionally Campania gained its first-ever Finest in Present medal from Taurasi DOCG for Donnachiara Taurasi 2021.

Within the North, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol noticed a marked enhance in high medals from 14 in 2024 to 26 this yr, together with a Finest in Present for Cantina Terlano, Lunare Gewürztraminer 2023. The nation additionally had sturdy Worth Gold performers, two Worth Golds made the Prime 30 together with a Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore and a Langhe crimson.

Spain continued its versatile rise, attaining a outstanding 105 top-tier medals, together with five Finest in Present, 16 Platinum and 84 Gold medals. This spectacular haul showcased the nation’s various strengths throughout fortified, crimson, white, and glowing wines.

Sherry had one in all its best-ever years, securing two Finest in Present medals for González Byass Del Duque VORS Amontillado NV and González Byass Tío Pepe Cuatro Palmas Amontillado NV, alongside six Platinum and 10 Gold medals. Judges keenly relished the Sherry class, commenting, ‘a refined outdated sherry is nearly nearly as good as wine might be.’

Ribeira Sacra earned a Finest in Present for Don Bernardino, La Capona Amandi 2019 (100% Mencía). Judges highlighted the extraordinary effort behind these wines, noting, ‘Anybody who’s seen images of… the terribly steep granite vineyards of Ribeira Sacra will open this bottle with a way of reverence: it’s more likely to have been made with extra sweat, effort and muscle than another wine in our Finest in Present choice.’

Different standout wins embrace Vall Llach Mas de la Rosa Priorat 2023 attaining a Finest in Present and Pago de los Capellanes Doroteo Ribera del Duero 2020 taking one other high accolade for a 100% Tempranillo. Rioja additionally impressed with three Platinum and 21 Gold medals, whereas Cava earned a Platinum and eight Golds, demonstrating its continued world consideration.

Spain was the main contributor to the Worth Gold Prime 30 record with wines from Cava, Costers del Sergre, Jumilla, Monterrei, Montsant, Ribera del Duero, Rioja and Somontano. The nation’s general efficiency underscores its rising versatility and distinctive high quality throughout its different wine areas.

Prime 15 international locations ranked by whole variety of medals

Portugal recorded its strongest-ever DWWA efficiency, with 5 Finest in Present, 9 Platinum and 38 Gold, contributing to a complete of 554 medals general. Fortified wines from the Port area excelled, incomes two Finest in Present awards for Graham’s, Quinta dos Malvedos, Single Quinta Classic 2018 and Menin Douro Estates, 50 Yr Outdated Tawny NV, alongside 5 Platinum and 12 Gold medals.

The Douro area led the nation with 149 medals, notably claiming two Finest in Present for Quinta do Reguengo, Cortes 2020 and Santos & Seixo Wines, Da Casa Grande Reserva 2020, confirming its ‘grandeur…not only for Port however for desk wines too,’ as judges commented. Vinho Verde secured the ultimate Finest in Present for Soalheiro, Alvarinho, Monção e Melgaço 2024, marking the one nonetheless white wine from Portugal to attain this high accolade. The awards additionally highlighted Portugal’s dedication to worth, with two Douro wines and one Vinho Verde wine making the Prime 30 Worth Gold record, demonstrating a marketplace for high quality, but in addition unimaginable worth for cash.

Greece achieved a record-breaking yr with 20 top-tier medals, marking 2025 as a ‘breakout yr’ for the nation. Notably, Greece earned its first-ever Finest in Present medals from Peloponnese, Goumenissa and Epanomi. The Peloponnese area secured a Finest in Present for Monemvasia Vineyard Tsimbidi, Monemvasia-Malvasia 2012, a candy white wine with deep historic roots and was Greece’s most profitable area general with 64 medals. Macedonia celebrated two Finest in Present wins: a primary for Goumenissa with Chatzivaritis Property 2021 (a crimson mix) and a primary for Epanomi with Ktima Gerovassiliou, Single Winery Malagousia 2024. The Aegean Islands additionally claimed a Finest in Present for Anhydrous, Santorini 2019, with judges highlighting Santorini’s constant sturdy efficiency. Crete additionally celebrated its first two Golds since 2021 for 100% Vidiano wines, with one making the Prime 30 Worth Gold Checklist.

In Central and Jap Europe, Slovenia gained a Finest in Present award for an orange wine: Vinakoper, Rumeni Muškat, Slovenska Istra, Primorska 2015, its first since 2020. Croatia secured its first Platinum since 2022 with a candy Muscat: Benvenuti, San Salvatore Muškat, Hrvatska Istra 2021 and a formidable 386 whole medal, 20 greater than final years. Montenegro earnt its first Gold since 2020 with Plantaže, Professional Corde Vranac, Čemovsko 2021 and Serbia and Romania greater than doubled their high medal totals from final yr with a formidable seven and eight Golds gained respectively

UK glowing continued to dominate the top-tier medals with a complete of 188 awarded wines throughout the nation. Claiming a historic Finest in Present for a magnum – Sugrue South Downs, The Hassle With Goals 2009. Grasp of Wine and DWWA Co-Chair, Sarah Jane Evans, commented: ‘We’ve been tasting plenty of Champagne, however frankly, English glowing wine is a high tip and one thing excellent, so look out for the medal.’

Digby Advantageous English, Rosé Brut, West Sussex 2018 and Bluestone, Blanc de Noirs Brut, Wiltshire 2019 had been each awarded Platinum alongside six Gold medals which had been awarded to non-still wines. The south of England carried out greatest general by way of high medals coming from Kent, Sussex and Wiltshire.

Over to the Americas and USA wines excelled, with California incomes each of the nation’s two Finest in Present awards – together with a second consecutive Finest in Present for Clos du Val. Prime-tier medals additionally went to wines from Oregon, Washington, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

Canada additionally carried out properly, attaining two Platinum medals for Icewines and a medal first for Quebec, with La Belle Alliance, Toujours 2020 successful a Silver.

Southern Hemisphere stars

Australia reaffirmed its standing incomes 4 Finest in Present, 11 Platinum and 65 Gold medals. As soon as once more demonstrating its world prowess within the high 50 with winners from 4 completely different areas:

• Wirra Wirra The twelfth Man Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills 2024
• Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River 2022
• Barossa Outdated Vine Firm Shiraz, Barossa Valley 2022
• Trentham Property Reserve Shiraz, Heathcote 2023.

Prime awards included standout Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, with Margaret River excelling throughout classes. Areas corresponding to Margaret River and Barossa Valley led the cost, whereas Hunter Valley’s McGuigan Bin 9000 Semillon 2018 appeared within the Prime 30 Worth Golds record.

New Zealand earned 303 medals, with a Finest in Present for Carrick Bannockburn Pinot Noir Central Otago 2022, one Platinum and 24 Gold medals. Prime medals excellent Pinot Noirs and powerful showings in Chardonnay.

South Africa had a record-breaking yr with 45 Golds, one Finest in Present and a first-ever Gold for Worcester: Alvi’s Drift Nectarinia Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains 2017, a candy 100% Muscat Blanc. The three Platinum medals included a primary since 2016 for Walker Bay with a 100% Pinotage for Hasher Household, Batrachella Pinotage, Higher Hemel-en-Aarde Valley 2022.

Argentina had a record-breaking yr with 46 top-tier medals – double final yr’s whole. This included two coveted Finest in Present awards for Bemberg Property Wines, Pionero, Gualtallary, Tupungato 2022 and Rutini, Single Winery Malbec, Gualtallary, Tupungato 2021, each from Mendoza. As judges famous, ‘What a narrative Gualtallary is telling us all… Might it will definitely show a South American challenger to Napa?’ Mendoza led with 349 medals, six Platinum, and 27 Gold. This features a first-ever gold for a 100% Criolla with Durigutti Household Winemakers, Proyecto Las Compuertas, Chica Criolla, Las Compuertas, Luján de Cuyo 2024.

Salta additionally excelled, incomes a Platinum for Etchart, Single Winery Malbec, Cafayate 2024 and the nation’s second-highest regional medal rely. Moreover, a Gold from Jujuy for Huichaira, Cielo Arriba 2022 was lauded as ‘The epitome of a wine from extremely excessive altitudes.’ This yr underscored Argentina’s capability to supply each distinctive high quality and worth, as Tim Marson MW highlighted concerning the Worth Gold awards: ‘It’s a marketplace for high quality, but in addition unimaginable worth for cash.’

Chile carried out constantly, incomes 25 high medals and two Finest in Present. First up: Antiyal, Viñedo Escorial Natural Carmenère 2020, from Maipó Valley, which earned a Finest in Present highlighting the world-class high quality of Chilean Carmenère. DWWA Regional Chair for Chile, Amanda Barnes MW famous, ‘It’s extremely thrilling to see a Chilean Carmenère take Finest in Present – particularly from such a landmark producer and the very winemaker who recognized Carmenère in Chile simply over 30 years in the past.’ One other Carmenère additionally obtained a Platinum medal, additional solidifying the grape’s standing. As Barnes put it, ‘there’s little doubt that Chile is producing world-class examples of this once-forgotten selection.’

Maybe much more thrilling was the historic Finest in Present win for La Causa del Itata Cinsault-País-Carignan 2022 a historic first Finest in Present from the Secano Inside area. Barnes emphasised this, saying, ‘Nevertheless, maybe much more thrilling this yr is the popularity of a Cinsault-País-Carignan mix from Itata as Finest in Present and a Cabernet Sauvignon from Maule rising to assert the title of greatest Cabernet in Chile this yr. They each sign a broadening appreciation for the long-overlooked areas of the south.’ This, together with a Platinum for Miguel Torres, Los Inquietos 02 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 from Maule, really alerts a rising appreciation for the standard rising from Chile’s long-overlooked southern areas.

Total, Maule was the standout area, bagging 55 medals, together with the Platinum and 6 Golds (all reds aside from Longaví, Cementerio, Chile 2023). Maipó Valley additionally carried out exceptionally properly, with all of its 43 medals going to crimson wines, together with the Finest in Present and two Gold winners.

A brand new lens: medal effectivity

Whereas conventional medal tables replicate a rustic’s absolute success, let’s additionally introduce a recent perspective: medal effectivity – measuring the variety of medals earned relative to a rustic’s winery space and wine manufacturing quantity.

Impressed by Olympic-style metrics, this evaluation combines OIV 2023 information on winery dimension and manufacturing with the complete DWWA 2025 outcomes. It reveals how successfully international locations flip their viticultural assets into worldwide acclaim.

Two key indicators had been used:

• Medals per 1,000 hectares of winery (kha) – showcasing high quality output relative to land.
• Medals per million hectolitres of wine (mhl) – indicating how a lot of a rustic’s manufacturing reaches award-winning commonplace.

The outcomes highlight international locations that could be smaller in scale however constantly produce wines of standout high quality.

Greece led throughout each metrics, with 2.57 medals per 1,000 hectares and a outstanding 172.9 medals per mhl of manufacturing. Following intently had been:

• New Zealand, with 2.94 medals/kha and 84.2 medals/mhl. Regardless of its modest dimension, the nation achieved 303 medals from simply 3.6 million hectolitres of wine – a rare focus of high quality.
• Australia, which mixed scale and precision with 643 medals – the fourth highest general – and a medal yield of 4.04 medals/kha (the best on the earth) and 67 medals/mhl. This displays a system the place regional specialisation and export requirements proceed to drive excellence.
• Hungary, usually below the radar internationally, carried out impressively: 152 medals, together with 16 Gold and three Platinum, from a small base of 61,000 hectares and a pair of.4 mhl of manufacturing, yielding 2.49 medals/kha and 63.3 medals/mhl.
• Austria maintained its fame for centered, high-quality manufacturing, incomes 155 medals – together with two Platinum and 19 Gold – from 104,000 hectares and simply 2.4 mhl, leading to 1.49 medals/kha and 64.6 medals/mhl. Though Austria once more demonstrated distinctive high quality, with 21 top-tier medals usually.

By comparability, bigger producers corresponding to France, Italy and Spain – who dominate general medal counts – proceed to ship excellence throughout a broad spectrum. Their inclusion within the high 10 for each whole awards and plenty of effectivity rankings confirms that scale and high quality can coexist. This twin perspective reveals that the DWWA recognises each the size of success in world leaders and the density of high quality in centered producers. It’s a broader image of excellence, irrespective of the origin or output.

Document breakers & rising highlights

First thus far

China reached a milestone with two Finest in Present awards for the primary time, each for crimson blends, Changyu Noble Dragon N188 2022 and Dongfang Yuxing Geruihong Yeguangbei 2022. Judges famous: ‘China is a relative newcomer to the world of wine, although in different respects its civilisation pre-dates that of Mediterranean Europe (and the Chinese language made combined alcoholic drinks even sooner than the Georgians wines). Maybe we shouldn’t be shocked, then, each on the velocity at which its wine creators are studying, and the extent of their accomplishments. Each had been on present this yr with not one however two Finest in Present wines. This wine from Helan Mountain in Ningxia is a crafty mix which few in Europe would have considered: Cabernet Sauvignon with 9% of freshening Dornfelder and 6% of Cabernet Gernischt (Carmenère). It really works properly. The wine is a darkish, opaque black-purple with recent and alluring scents of blackcurrant and wild plum. The palate gives a seductive plunge of fruit and spice, selecting one thing extra akin to darkish chocolate however – and that is key – with the authority and detaining self-discipline solely fastidiously extracted tannins can convey. It’s a revelation.’

Uzbekistan‘s first-ever entries gained first-ever medals, one Silver and 5 Bronzes.

Denmark‘s first-ever DWWA medal was a Bronze for Kalum Vineyard.

Different notable highlights

Armenia obtained its first Gold since 2022.

With 21 top-tier medals below its belt, Austria was within the tenth place amongst the best Gold-to-entry ratios within the competitors, showcasing precision winemaking throughout a decent portfolio of entries. 

Germany scored seven high medals for a variety of Pinot Noirs and Rieslings demonstrating the good high quality produced from these varieties.

Japan maintained consistency with eight top-tier medals together with a Platinum for Grande Polaire, Zweigeltrebe, Yoichi, Hokkaido 2022.

Mexico achieved a Gold within the second consecutive yr by San Miguel de Allende vineyard.

Ukraine achieved 4 Golds, together with two Worth, each from the Shabo vineyard, one in all which options within the Prime 30 record.

Uruguay gained three Gold medals, its first since 2023.

Model traits

Orange wines are on the rise, with 87 medals awarded this yr – together with the first-ever Finest in Present for the class from Slovenia and one Platinum for a candy wine: Groot Constantia Property, Grand Constance, Constantia 2020. The 5 Gold medals got here from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Moldova, South Africa and Ukraine.

Fortified wines carried out strongly, incomes 4 Finest in Present medals, cut up evenly between Sherry and Port. The Platinum medals (21 in whole) span an thrilling collection of types with quite a lot of aged Colheita, Tawny and White Ports; a Bual Madeira and a variety of Amontillado, Fino, Oloroso and Palo Cortado Sherries with the addition of a Rueda en Rama to additional spotlight the breadth this class has to supply.

Non-Champagne conventional technique glowing wines are additionally rising as a big pattern. As talked about above, this yr noticed one Finest in Present medal awarded to the UK, showcasing the rising prowess of glowing wine manufacturing exterior of Champagne. Moreover, eight Platinum medals had been distributed throughout a various vary of areas, together with Cava (1), Franciacorta (2), Loire (1), Hungary (1), UK (2), and California (1). A powerful exhibiting of 40 Gold medals additional cemented this pattern, with illustration from international locations and areas corresponding to Austria, Australia, China, Chile, Loire, Franciacorta, the UK, Cava, Croatia, Japan, South Africa, Slovenia, and Alto Adige – really an excellent combine that highlights the worldwide attain and innovation inside this thrilling class.

Grocery store wines continued to excel. Main UK retailers corresponding to Asda, Marks & Spencer, Waitrose, Lidl and Aldi proved that award-winning high quality is accessible to on a regular basis shoppers. Asda led the best way with 5 Golds, its greatest yr since 2023. Waitrose additionally achieved success with 19 medals together with one Gold, a big enhance from 2024’s eight medal whole.  

DWWA 2025 as soon as once more showcased an unimaginable range of wines, from legendary appellations to revolutionary producers pushing boundaries with fashion, grape and packaging.

Prime 30 Worth Golds within the DWWA 2025 outcomes

This yr’s Prime Worth record has grown once more to 30, versus final yr’s Prime 20 Worth Gold choice, pointing readers to a wider collection of the most effective wines within the competitors priced below £15-a-bottle.

Prime 30 Worth Gold choice to observe.

With particular due to our sponsor

Thanks to DWWA official sponsor Riedel for supplying glassware for the 2025 competitors

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