Serbian autochthonous Cuvee at European top – Gold medal at grading in Vienna

The blend of autochthonous varieties Bukovski Cuvee 2020 of the Matalj vinery from Negotinska Krajina, the inheritor of Serbia’s best red wine made from a local variety in 2023, has won the gold medal Vienna at the AWC 2024 grading. This is one of the countless examples in a short time period of underrated varieties proving their potential.

The gold for Bukovski at AWC Vienna, one of the biggest contests of its kind in the world, is expressed with 91.4 points. With the previously won acknowledgments, the silver at Decanter WWA 2024 (90 points) and the double gold at the Balkans BIWC 2024 (94) contest, the coupage of Prokupac varieties belongs among the most awarded Serbian wines.

– This is the first time that we have sent this wine to Vienna and it has turned out that, with the previously won acknowledgments, we were right to put our full trust in and focus on the varieties for which Negotinska Krajina is in fact a natural habitat – they say at the Matalj winery.

PMR Matalj Negotin

Matalj winery

AWC 2024

AWC Vienna 2024

Vienna

Bukovski Cuvee 2020

autochthonous grape varieties

Prokupac