About the awards
Awards
Wines that show distinction receive a rose. Three ranked tiers, plus a fourth recognition outside the ranking. Awards are decided by curation across the cohort, drawing on the 100-point technical score plus additional criteria.
Three Roses
A wine that doesn't just perform well in its category but reframes what the category can be. Awarded sparingly.
Two Roses
A wine made with intent and clarity. Never a consolation prize.
One Rose
A wine that holds its own and is worth the attention of a careful drinker. The threshold for entering the public results.
Blue Feather
An award outside the rose hierarchy. Given to wines that don't fit the conventional ranking — atypical styles, ambitious experiments, or bottles whose story is more interesting than their place in it.
How wines are judged
Technical evaluation. Wines are reviewed using the 100-point methodology used across paulcaputo.wine — focused on aroma, flavour, structure, texture, tension, balance, energy and length.
Curated selection.Awards aren’t simply the highest scores. Additional criteria — accessibility, story, regional interest — inform which technically-strong wines become Blue Roses, in service of helpful recommendations to wine buyers.
No fixed quota. A cohort can earn many roses or few. The list is released each October.