The results of Decanter World Wine Awards 2025 are here! After months of blind tasting by the world’s leading wine experts, the winners of Decanter World Wine Awards 2025 have been revealed. The world’s largest and most influential wine competition celebrates quality, record performances, firsts and emerging trends.
This year judges awarded, 50 Best in Show, 137 Platinum, 732 Gold, 5,616 Silver and 7,297 Bronze from 57 countries – all were meticulously blind-tasted by the world’s leading wine experts, these results setting the global benchmark for quality.
Huge congratulation goes to our New Zealand entrants – New Zealand was rated 11th in the world with 303 awards in total – One Best in Show, One Platinum award, 24 Gold, 139 Silver and 138 Bronze medals – Here are the New Zealand Wines that achieved Best in Show, Platinum and Gold Awards.
New Zealand earned 303 medals, with a Best in Show for Craggy Range, Pinot Noir, Martinborough, Wairarapa 2024, one Platinum and 24 Gold medals. Top medals outstanding Pinot Noirs and strong showings in Chardonnay.
A New Lens: Medal Efficiency
While traditional medal tables reflect a country’s absolute success, let’s also introduce a fresh perspective: medal efficiency – measuring the number of medals earned relative to a country’s vineyard area and wine production volume.Two key indicators were used:
Medals per 1,000 hectares of vineyard (kha) – showcasing quality output relative to land. Medals per million hectolitres of wine (mhl) – indicating how much of a country’s production reaches award-winning standard.
The results spotlight countries that may be smaller in scale but consistently produce wines of standout quality. Greece led across both metrics, with 2.57 medals per 1,000 hectares and a remarkable 172.9 medals per mhl of production. Following closely was:
New Zealand, with 2.94 medals/kha and 84.2 medals/mhl. Despite its modest size, the country achieved 303 medals from just 3.6 million hectolitres of wine – an extraordinary concentration of quality.
For more detail and analysis of the results visit:
https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/decanter-world-wine-awards-2025-results-revealed-558898/
BEST IN SHOW
Craggy Range, Pinot Noir 2024, Wairarapa, 97pts
PLATINUM MEDAL
McArthur Ridge, Southern Tor Pinot Noir 2023, Central Otago, 97pts
GOLD MEDAL WINNERS (24)
Babich Wines, Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough, 95 pts
Brancott Estate, Letter Series B, Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc 2023, Marlborough, 95 pts
Church Road, McDonald Series, Chardonnay 2023, Hawke’s Bay, 95 pts
Church Road, 1 Single Vineyard Redstone, Syrah 2021, Hawke’s Bay, 95 pts
Delta Estate, Hatters Hill Chardonnay 2022, Marlborough, 95 pts
Eva Pemper, Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough, 95 pts
Hunter’s Wines, Miru Miru Brut NV, Marlborough, 95 pts
Jackson Estate, Stitch Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough, 95 pts
Lake Chalice, The Falcon Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough, 95 pts
Marisco Vineyards, The Craft Series Pioneer Chardonnay 2023, Marlborough, 95 pts
McArthur Ridge, Falls Dam Pinot Gris 2024, Central Otago, 95 pts
Mohua Wines, Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough, 95 pts
Mudbrick Vineyard, Velvet 2022, Auckland, 96 pts
Mumm, Blanc De Noirs NV, Central Otago, 96 pts
No.1 Family Estate Cuvée Methode Traditionelle NV Marlborough, 95 pts
Rapaura Springs, Rohe Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough, 96 pts
Saint Clair Family Estate, Vicar’s Choice Sauvignon Blanc 2024, Marlborough, 95 pts
Spy Valley, Envoy Johnson Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Marlborough, 95 pts
Stoneleigh, Rapaura Series Chardonnay 2023, Marlborough, 95 pts
Te Kano, Northburn Pinot Noir 2022, Central Otago, 96 pts
Tohu, Pinot Noir 2022, Marlborough, 95 pts
Villa Maria, Reserve Pinot Noir 2021, Marlborough, 95 pts
Villa Maria, Private Bin Riesling 2024, Marlborough, 95 pts
Villa Maria, Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Sauvignon Blanc, 2024 Marlborough, 95 pts
SILVER MEDAL WINNERS (139)
Click here for the 2025 New Zealand Silver winnners list: https://results.decanter.com/Silver/NewZealand
BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS (138)
Click here for the 2025 New Zealand Bronze winners list: https://results.decanter.com/Bronze/NewZealand