Wine Awards & Accolades
La Chertosa's recent award winners include our 2023 Eye of the Swan Rosé, 2022 Don Silvio Reserve Sangiovese, 2022 Reserve Chardonnay and 2021 The Winemaker Remembrance Reserve Superior Barbera. We're very proud to acknowledge that all of our current wine releases have earned a Gold Medal Award or higher. Our 2022 Don Silvio Reserve Sangiovese was awarded our first Triple Gold Medal. This wine was also awarded a Double Gold Medal + 98 Points at the 2024 San Francisco International Wine Competition. All of these wines were produced from grapes grown red-soil in the Sonoma Valley.
La Chertosa Wines was founded in 2007 by Sonoma winemaking legend and family patriarch Sam Sebastiani. Our wines, which we describe as “Old World,” are produced primarily from grapes grown in Tuscan series red soils and aged in oak barrels. Like many fine European wines, these are balanced, expressive, and deliciously enhance the foods they are paired with.
“Recognition and acclaim from the top judgings year after year validate our preference and history with red-soil wine growing,” Sam remarked.
“Many of the top old-world European wines, whether from Italy or France, have two factors in common: long-established vineyards and great winegrowing red soil,” he added. “Whether it is Cherry Block at Sebastiani, or Wildwood Vineyards or Serres Ranch, we have held true to our Italian heritage by selecting vineyards planted in the most valuable soils. Thanks to my six decades of selecting the best locations, La Chertosa wines are the offspring of superbly cultured vineyard sites. And their taste shows it.”
In looking over our latest awards, we began wondering just how many medals we had received over the years, so we checked—and were happily surprised by the total! Since 2014, we have won the following awards:
- 1 Triple Gold Medal
- 8 Double Gold Medals
- 2 Platinum Awards
- 16 “Best of” Awards
- 84 Gold Medals
- 135 Silver Medals
- 55 Bronze Medals
- 301 Total Medals and Awards
Not bad for a “Micro” winery, huh?