Xanadu Wines has been awarded five top honours at the 2020 Langton’s Margaret River Wine Show Gala, including the trophy for Wine of Show.
Head winemaker Glenn Goodall said, “It was an unbelievable night, which in itself was huge for the Margaret River wine community to be able to get together and celebrate after the challenges 2020 has thrown at everybody”.
“I think we are all very grateful to be able to have a wine show at all this year. To have our Langton’s classified Reserve Cabernet take out the top gong, amongst so many great Margaret River producers, is a massive achievement for everyone involved at Xanadu, especially our growers.
“It would have been a difficult task for the judges to select a top Cabernet given the quality from the exceptionally good 2018 vintage in Margaret River! Being awarded the Wines of Provenance trophy was the icing on the cake given how much pride we take in our Cabernets, and acknowledges the efforts of so many people over the years at Xanadu. I’m very proud of the whole team.”
The Margaret River Wine Association (MRWA) has also announced the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award, which went to Dorham Mann OAM.
The night was live-streamed for the first time on the Margaret River Wine Association Facebook page for those who that were unable to attend on the night.
Over 100 exhibitors submitted 656 Margaret River wines that were assessed at the region’s 19th wine show in a year that MRWA chair Greg Wall AM said, “Was a year we have lived under the cloud of COVID and a great amount of uncertainty around Australian wine imports into China and the election of the world’s largest democracy”.
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