Accolades, Awards, and Ratings

Doffo Winery has historically not entered into wine competitions or submitted wines for ratings. Our objective is to create wines that our loyal wine club members and visitors enjoy, relish, and wish to share with loved ones or serve for special occasions. However, in the last few years we have decided to begin entering into select competitions, beginning with the Temecula Valley People’s Choice Blind Tasting event. 

This double-blind tasting format allowed a large number of local Southern California wine enthusiasts the opportunity to taste dozens of wines and rate them. At the inaugural event, our 2014 Zinfandel was awarded 2nd place out of dozens of other red wines. The next year, our 2015 Zinfandel took top honors and was named Best Red in the Valley! This past year, we successfully defended our title with our 2016 Zinfandel once again emerging victorious!

We have begun to submit some of our latest vintages to even more wine competitions, and even sent our 2016 Syrah to Wine Enthusiast, who rated it 90 points! Below is a list of the wines that we have submitted and the various medals, awards, and ratings they have received. We invite you to visit our online shop at shop.doffowines.com to purchase any of these award-winning wines that we still have left in inventory, or pay us a visit at our tasting room in Temecula, California.

Perhaps the biggest honor of all, however, came in early 2019 when Doffo Winery was awarded the Cilurzo Winery of the Year award at the Temecula Valley Xenia Hospitality Awards. This award came on the heels of Temecula Valley being named one of the 10 Best Wine Travel Destinations by Wine Enthusiast. To be named the top winery in our fast-growing region is an enormous honor, and sets a precedent of excellence that we will work hard to uphold.

 

 

A lineup of various award-winning Doffo wines with medals

Cabernet Sauvignon Private Reserve

2020 Vintage
Silver Medal – TEXSOM Awards
Silver Medal – Sommeliers Choice Awards

2019 Vintage
97 Points, Double Gold and Best of Class – Sunset International Wine Competition
Gold Medal – Los Angeles International Wine Competition
Silver Medal – SF Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal – TEXSOM Awards

2018 Vintage
94 Points & Gold Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

2017 Vintage
91 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

Malbec

2020 Vintage
91 points and Gold Medal – OC Fair Wine Competition
Bronze Medal – TEXSOM Awards

2019 Vintage
Gold Medal – Mexico International Wine Competition
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition
Silver Medal – Los Angeles International Wine Competition

2018 Vintage
90 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

2017 Vintage
90 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal – TEXSOM

2015 Vintage
Gold Medal – Ensenada Tierra del Vino

Malbec Private Reserve

2014 Vintage
92 Points – Wine Enthusiast

Mistura

2020 Vintage
Silver Medal – Sommeliers Choice Awards
Silver Medal – OC Fair Wine Competition

2019 Vintage
Gold Medal – SF Chronicle Wine Competition
94 Points and Gold Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition
91 Points and Gold Medal – Toast of the Coast Blind Tasting Competition
Silver Medal – OC Commercial Wine Competition
Silver Medal – TEXSOM Awards
Silver Medal – Los Angeles International Wine Competition

2017 Vintage
91 Points – Wine Enthusiast

Petite Sirah Reserve

2018 Vintage
Silver Medal – SF Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal – Los Angeles International Wine Competition

Rosario

2021
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition
Silver Medal – OC Commercial Wine Competition

2019
90 Points and Editor’s Choice – Wine Enthusiast

Salute

2020 Vintage
90 points and Gold Medal – OC Fair Wine Competition

2019 Vintage
94 Points and Gold Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition
Silver Medal – OC Commercial Wine Competition

2018 Vintage
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

2017 Vintage
90 Points – Wine Enthusiast

2016 Vintage
94 Points & Gold Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition
Gold Medal – Ensenada Tierra del Vino
89 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal – OC Fair Commercial Wine Competition

Syrah

2020 Vintage
Silver Medal – OC Fair Wine Competition

2019 Vintage
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition
Silver Medal – TEXSOM Awards

2018 Vintage
91 Points & Gold Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

2017 Vintage
91 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

2016 Vintage
90 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal  – Sunset International Wine Competition

Vermentino

2022 Vintage
Silver Medal – TEXSOM Awards
Bronze Medal – Sommeliers Choice Awards

2021Vintage
92 Points and Gold Medal – Toast of the Coast Blind Tasting Competition

Viognier

2022 Vintage
Bronze Medal – TEXSOM Awards

2021 Vintage
Silver Medal  – Sunset International Wine Competition
Silver Medal – OC Commercial Wine Competition
Bronze Medal – TEXSOM Awards

2020
88 Points – Wine Enthusiast

2019
93 Points and Editor’s Choice – Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition
2018 Vintage
Gold Medal – Ensenada Tierra del Vino

Zinfandel

2020 Vintage
Silver Medal – OC Fair Wine Competition
Silver Medal – Sommeliers Choice Awards
Bronze Medal – TEXSOM Awards

2019 Vintage
93 Points and Gold Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition
91 Points and Gold Medal – OC Commercial Wine Competition
Silver Medal – SF Chronicle Wine Competition
Silver Medal – Los Angeles International Wine Competition
Bronze Medal – TEXSOM Awards

2018 Vintage
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

2016 Vintage
1st Place – Temecula Valley People’s Choice

2015 Vintage
1st Place – Temecula Valley People’s Choice
Silver Medal – Ensenada Tierra del Vino

2014 Vintage
2nd Place – Temecula Valley People’s Choice

Zinfandel Reserve

2015 Vintage
Bronze Medal – TEXSOM

MotoDoffo Super Tinto

2020 Vintage
Silver Medal – OC Fair Wine Competition

2019 Vintage
Silver Medal – Los Angeles International Wine Competition

2018 Vintage
Silver Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

2017 Vintage
89 Points – Wine Enthusiast

2015 Vintage
Gold Medal – Ensenada Tierra del Vino

MotoDoffo Gran Tinto

2018 Vintage
Bronze Medal – Sunset International Wine Competition

2016 Vintage
91 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Silver Medal – OC Fair Commercial Wine Competition

MotoDoffo Royal Tinto

2017 Vintage
88 Points – Wine Enthusiast
Bronze Medal – TEXSOM

2016 Vintage
90 Points – Wine Enthusiast

MotoDoffo Sixty Six

2019 Vintage
Gold Medal – Mexico International Wine Competition