Celebrating the best of NSW Wine as De Iuliis takes home a bevy of medals at the NSW Wine Show
De Iuliis wines, recognised as a leading producer of Hunter Valley wines was awarded 4 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze medals at the preeminent 2022 NSW Wine Awards.
Winemaker Mike De Iuliis said “78 golds were awarded in 2022, and it was exciting to have our semillons given four of those. After our shiraz doing so well at the recent Hunter Wine Show, this continued recognition shows our dedication to producing quality wines across the white and red categories.”
Highlights from our awarded wines include:
Gold – 2022 Estate Semillon
Gold – 2022 Garden Vineyard Semillon
Gold – 2017 Wilderness Road Semillon
Gold – 2017 Single Vineyard Semillon
Silver – 2022 Wilderness Road Semillon
Silver – 2019 Single Vineyard Semillon
Silver – 2022 Estate Rosé
Silver – 2018 Limited Release Shiraz
Silver – 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon
Bronze – 2021 Limited Release Chardonnay
Bronze – 2020 Estate Shiraz
Bronze – 2019 Talga Road Vineyard Shiraz
Bronze – 2019 Limited Release Shiraz
Bronze – 2022 LDR Vineyard Semillon
Bronze – 2021 Special Release Tempranillo
Bronze – 2020 LDR Vineyard Shiraz Touriga
Bronze – 2019 LDR Vineyard Shiraz Touriga
The judging took place at International Convention Centre Sydney on 4 to 6 October, when 16 expert wine judges led by Panel Chair Nick Spencer tasted for three days, awarding 78 wines with a prestigious gold medal, highlighting some great 2022 whites and beautiful reds from 2021.
These accolades come off the back of recently being awarded three trophies for their shiraz at the 2022 Hunter Wine Show, and being awarded the 2022 Hunter Valley Cellar Door of the Year at the Hunter Valley Legends Awards. For the second year in a row, De Iuliis has been rated 5 Underlined Red Stars by the 2023 Halliday Wine Companion. This accolade is only awarded to the top 2% of wineries Australia wide and means De Iuliis is considered ‘the best of the best’.
Trophies will be awarded on the 28th October at the 2022 ICC Sydney NSW Wine Awards Presentation Luncheon.