Top 50 most admired wine brands
Gramona was placed 26th in Drinks International magazine’s “Top 50 Most Admired Wine Brands 2016” ranking. It is the first time a traditional method sparkling wine has been included in this list. It is also a first for a cava.
The world of Fine Wine
Gramona best cava, following a tasting of the top Spanish sparkling wines.
This publication is targeted at an international audience of demanding wine lovers. The evaluation of the wines tasted is not influenced by fashion or by the palate of a single individual. The editorial team is made up of a broad group of some of the most respected wine writers in the world.
Catalan nobility article. (…) “This article is for lovers and regular drinkers of Champagne, to tear off their blinkers and and discover what they have been missing: a Mediterranean sparkling – wine of equivalent nobility”
“(…) Gramona, the most successful winery in our tasting
World Encyclopedia of Sparkling Wine
2013 The only international reference guide which compares champagnes and sparkling wines side by side, equals or improves the scores of our cavas to some of the most prestigious champagnes.
‘Celler Batlle is by far the finest cava around,and belongs among the greatest sparkling wines of the world’
Essi Avellan MW
Fine Champagne editor
The Wall Street Journal
2011 The Wall Street Journal placed Gramona III Lustros among the world’s best sparkling wines, declaring a paradigm shift for the world of cava.
‘It might have taken 130 years, but on this evidence the tasting of Gramona III Lustros- , it seems that some cava producers have finally earned a place on the top table of Sparkling wine.’
Will Lyons, wine critic
Jancis Robinson
2019 Celler Batlle is the top Spanish sparkling wine (tied) “Complex, refined and delicate. Aristocratic on the palate, it is flavourful and balanced, with good acidity and a captivating finish on the palate.”
2016 Celler Batlle, the highest-rated sparkling wine. “Gramona makes exceptionally aged cavas that I personally like. They are truly seductive.”
2015 In her last analysis of the sector situates, after the blind tasting, Gramona III Lustros the cava with the best punctuation
Wine Advocate
2019 Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate taster for Spain, awarded Enoteca Gramona 2004 96 points, ranking it as the best sparkling wine (tied) in the latest edition of the U.S. guide. “A wine that maintains commendable freshness and reveals complexity from its long lees ageing (…) the palate is quite sharp.”
2018 Gramona has ten references with more than 90 points.
2012 Let us consider what is unquestionably the most impressive portfolio of cavas that money can buy’. Neal Martin
Guía Peñín
The New York Times
2010 Gramona, the before and after of cava.
‘Reminds me of the old Champagnes’
Eric Asimov, chief wine writer.
Decanter
Main Anglo-Saxon wine magazine in Europe
2019 Decanter Most Exciting Wines: Gramona III Lustros occupies one of the few spots on this prestigious list, where experts from all over the world nominate the wines that most impressed them over the year. Decanter Magazine (“Gramona Celler Batlle 2000 is exceptionally long and memorable,” which is why it topped the “list of 24 essential Spanish wines to store in your cellar.” Article by Sarah Jane Evans, MW and Pedro Ballesteros, MW.
2017 Gramona is on the podium of the sparkling wines of Penedés in the guide on Cavas de Paraje written in 2017 by several Masters of Wine.
2010 ‘Gramona is more sumptuous and refined that I ever dreamed a cava could be…’ Andrew Jefford
Decanter Awards
Imperial Regional trophy winner
Enoteca Brut Nature Gold Medal
Falstaff
2019 Gramona leads the sparkling wine category in blind tasting.
2018 Celler Batlle best cava with 96 points. III Lustros and Imperial accompany it on the podium.
The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships
Headed by Tom Stevenson and Essi Avellan, MW, The Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships
2019 Celler Batlle 2009 recognised as the Best Sparkling Wine in Spain.
2013 The competition, leaded by the most internationally renowned sparkling wine experts, Tom Stevenson and Essi Avellan , has named Enoteca Gramona Brut Nature 2000 World Champion Cava.
Revista Wine & Spirits
2009 Top 100 Wineries of the Year.
For the third year Gramona has been invited to this festival of the world’s 100 best wineries.
Amongst the other sparkling wine producers involved are: Krug, Louis Roederer and Bollinger.
Wine Enthusiast
2010 The American publication considered Gramona on the top ten Spanish wines.
Bettane & Desseauve
2006 ‘Gramona, one of the 365 greatest wines in the world.’
Michel Bettane,
leading French wine critic.
Wine Life
Gramona Imperial has proven its exceptional value for money yet again after being named the Best Sparkling Wine available in Holland.
The group of experts from Wine Life Magazine, one of the most influential in the country’s wine sector and headed up by Niek Beut, the Ambassador of Champagne in the Netherlands, named Imperial the best wine in a blind tasting of 200 different sparkling wines from around the world, rating it higher than some renowned champagnes.
Euposia
The journal of Italian wine
2017 “Celler Batlle obtains the Best Sparkling Award from a Certified Organic and Biodynamic Winery”
2014 ‘This icon of Spanish winemaking (…), paved the way, later followed by many other occupants of Penedés (…). With its elegance and character it can compete with the best champagne’. Gramona III Lustros named as the best sparkling wine made from a native grape variety.
Beppe Giuliano, journalist and owner of the magazine.
Nariz de Oro Española
The Spanish national sommelier competition, a blind tasting with more than 200 participants, has recognised the quality of Gramona wines.
Considered best sparkling wine for 4 years.
Gourmets wine guide
In a rigorous blind tasting, this heterogeneous group of experts considers Gramona, for 19 years, the Best Cava.
2020 After a rigorously conducted blind tasting, the tasting team of Guía de Vinos Gourmets awarded 98 points to Celler Batlle 2009, naming it the guide’s Best Sparkling Wine. All the wines presented by Gramona were listed in the select group of “Spain’s Best Wines”.
2019 Enoteca 2002 enters into the ‘League of the 99’ obtaining the maximum score of the guide (position that had already reached the 2001 vintage) and is positioned among the best rated wines of the guide in its history. In addition, in 2018, III Lustros is the sparkling wine awarded by the readers.
VINO Guía ABC
Since 2008 Gramona leads on the top of the cavas selection with Gramona III Lustros.
‘Pleasant nose. Total integration… Different from almost everything else. A splendid cava…’
Anuario de vinos El País
Eight years in the honor podium with the highest scores for Celler Batlle, Enoteca Gramona, and III Lustros.
2020 Gramona Enoteca 2004 on the “roll of honour” of Spain’s best wines and the highest rated sparkling wine in the El País Anuario de Vinos (Wine Yearbook).
“Craftsmanship, the impeccable management of long ageing processes and, above all, the ability to listen to and interpret the environment.” *Gramona Imperial, with 95 points, is considered the best sparkling wine in terms of satisfaction-for-money, in a section of El Anuario that directs readers to wines of extraordinary quality that won’t break the bank.
2018 “The value of going against the grain when nobody believed in long ageing for sparklings, the certainty of the chosen path and the reality of a goal of quality fulfilled puts this winery in the front row of the excellence of Sparkling of the World”.
2018 “Cavas endowed with a very pronounced personality, a level in which there is not too much competition”.
Expansión – Fuera de serie
2013 ‘Cava in the Olympus. Gramona caused a sensation when tasted alongside the most prestigious Champagnes.’
Federico Oldenburg, Spainsh renowned wine expert journalist.
The 25 Spanish wines to try before you die.’
Juan Manuel Bellver
El mundo
‘Cava in the Olympus -the greatest of cavas – Gramona caused a sensation when tasted alongside the most prestigious Champagnes.’
Federico Oldenburg,
Spainsh renowned wine expert journalist of El Mundo.
El mundo vino
Perswijn
2015 The most recognised wine magazine in the Netherlands named Gramona Celler Batlle as the best sparkling wine in a blind tasting at the “Competition of Spanish Wines”.
Berry Bros & Rudd
One of the oldest and most prestigious wine merchants in the UK (1698), the company has been the official supplier to the Royal Family since the time of George III.
It is considered a temple to wine and has 8 Masters of Wine on its payroll.
They had never listed a cava until 2011 when they tried a Gramona cava and decided to include this category on their list, informing its select club of buyers: ‘Surprising. We have found a cava that competes with the finest Champagnes.’
Guide of Vins de Catalunya
2020 Enoteca Gramona 2004 ranked as Best Traditional Blend. “Elegant, extraordinary”
2019 Gramona’s sparkling wines are among the best of the Guide for another year, after Enoteca 2002 was considered Best Sparkling Wine by the Vins de Catalunya Guide 2018. With this distinction, Enoteca consolidates its recognition in this guide. And it was already chosen Best Sparkling Wine of the year in 2015 and Best Wine of the Guide in 2013, among all categories.
Verema.com
The most visited Spanish-speaking winery website of the world that counts with the votes of hundreds of Internet users.
Sparkling wine of the year Gramona Celler Batlle
Valor Económico
2014 VALOR ECONÓMICO, reference newspaper in Brazil.
Jorge Luckie wine expert journalist includes Gramona III Lustros and
Xarel·lo Font Jui in the section ‘best wines of the year’.
AEPEV
Spanish Association of Wine Journalists and Writers.
The members of the AEPEV choose yearly the Best Spanish Wines and Spirits among more than 640 brands.
2019 – Gramona III Lustros Best Sparkling
2018 – Gramona III Lustros Best Sparkling and Marc de Gramona Best Spirits
2016 – Gramona III Lustros Best Sparkling
2015 – Gramona III Lustros Best Sparkling & Hotel Ritz Award Best Sparkling & Marc de Gramona Best Spirits
2014 – Gramona Imperial Best Sparkling and Marc de Gramona Best Spirits
2013 – Gramona III Lustros Best Sparkling
2010 – Gramona Imperial Best Sparkling
El Periódico – Gourmets
2010 Los Impitoyables, a prestigious tasting group in Catalonia, rates the best cavas in a blind tasting.
