Awards & Accolades

Chateau Elan Winery has been the most-awarded winery on the East Coast for the last three years garnering over 300 national and international awards.

2018 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Judging Competition

• Cabernet Sauvignon 2016, “Silver”
• Chardonnay 2016, “Gold”
• El Tempranillo 2014, “Silver”
• Les Petits 2015, “Double Gold”
• Mameli 2014, “Silver”
• Nancy 2016, “Silver”
• Tannat 2015, “Silver”

2017 Beverage Tasting Institute of Chicago

• Port Riserva, “Gold”
• Zyrah 2014, “Gold” and “Cellar Selection”
• Mameli 2014, “Gold”
• Pinot Grigio 2015, “Gold”
• Scarlet Reserve 2015, “Gold”
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2015, “Gold”
• Pinot Noir Reserve 2015, “Gold”
• Muscadine Summer Wine, “Silver” and “Best Buy”
• Meritage 2014, “Silver”
• Muscadine Duncan Creek Red, “Silver” and “Best Buy”
• Muscadry Rose 2015, “Silver”
• Belle Reserve 2015, “Silver”
• Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2015, “Silver”
• Muscadry Blanc 2015, “Silver”
• Muscadine Duncan Creek, “Silver”
• Muscadry Rouge 2015, “Bronze”
• Chardonnay Reserve 2015, “Bronze”

2016 The International Sommelier Challenge

• Belle Reserve 2015, “Gold”
• Mameli 2014, “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve 2014, “Silver”
• Zyrah 2014, “Silver”

2016 Indy International Wine Competition

• Mameli 2014, “Double Gold”
• Chardonnay Reserve 2015, “Gold”
• Duncan Creek, “Silver” & “Best of Class”
• Muscadry Rouge, “Silver”
• Sauvignon Blanc 2015, “Silver”
• Pinot Noir 2015, “Silver”
• Meritage 2014, “Silver”
• Muscadry Blanc, “Bronze”
• Pinot Grigio 2015, “Bronze”

2016 Wine Enthusiast – Featured in the September issue of Wine Enthusiast Magazine

• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2013, 91 Points and Editor’s Choice
• Les Petits 2013, 90 Points
• El Tempranillo 2013, 86 Points
• La Barbera 2013, 86 Points

2016 Denver International Wine Competition

• Chardonnay Reserve 2015, “Gold”
• Meritage 2014, “Gold”
• Muscadry Blanc 2014, “Gold”
• Muscadry Rouge 2015, “Gold”
• Port Riserva, “Gold”
• Muscadry Rose, “Silver”
• Duncan Creek, “Silver”

2016 International Women’s Wine Competition

• Scarlet Reserve, “Silver”
• Mameli 2014, “Bronze”
• Muscadry Blanc 2015, “Bronze”
• Muscadry Rose 2015, “Silver”
• Meritage 2014, “Bronze”
• Pinot Grigio Reserve 2015, “Gold”
• Pinot Noir Reserve 2015, “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve 2014, “Silver”

2016 San Francisco International Wine Competition

• Scarlet Reserve 2014, “Gold” 92 Points
• Mameli 2014, “Gold” 90 Points
• Zyrah 2014, “Silver”
• Muscadry Blanc 2015, “Bronze”
• Muscadry Rouge 2015 , “Bronze”
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2014, “Bronze”
• Meritage 2014, “Bronze”

2016 San Diego International Wine & Spirits Challenge

• Mameli 2014, “Gold”
• Zyrah 2014, “Gold”
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2014, “Gold”
• Pinot Noir Reserve, 2015, “Gold”
• Chardonnay Reserve 2015, “Gold”
• Belle Reserve 2015, “Silver”
• Muscadry Rouge 2015, “Silver”

2016 Los Angeles International Wine Competition

• Meritage 2014, “Gold”
• Muscadry Rose 2014, “Gold”
• Muscadry Pink, “Silver”
• Pinot Grigio Reserve 2014, “Silver”
• Muscadry 2014, “Silver”
• Zyrah 2014, “Bronze”
• Mameli 2014, “Bronze”
• Muscadry Rouge 2015, “Bronze”

2016 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

• Mameli 2014, “Silver”
• Meritage 2014, “Silver”
• Zyrah 2014, “Bronze”
• Muscadry Rouge 2015, “Bronze”

2016 Critics Challenge International Wine Competition

• Mameli 2014, “Platinum” 94 Points
• Meritage 2014, “Gold” 91 Points
• Zyrah 2014, “Silver” 94 Points
• Muscadry, “Silver”  87 Points
• Muscadry Rose, “Silver” 89 Points
• Muscadry Blanc, “Silver” 89 Points

2016 Tasters Guild

• Belle Reserve 2015, “Bronze”
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2014, “Bronze”
• Mameli 2014, “Gold”
• Meritage 2014, “Silver”
• Muscadry Blanc 2015, “Bronze”
• Muscadry Rouge 2015, “Gold”
• Pinot Grigio 2015, “Silver”
• Muscadry Rose, “Silver”
• Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2015, “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve 2014, “Gold”
• Zyrah 2014, “Silver”

2016 International Eastern Wine Competition

• Mameli 2014, “Silver”
• Zyrah 2014, “Silver”
• Meritage 2014, “Bronze”

2016 Texom International Wine Competition

• Mameli 2014, “Silver”
• Zyrah 2014, “Bronze”
• Meritage 2014, “Bronze”

2016 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, California

• 2014 Scarlet Reserve, “Gold”
• 2013 La Barbera, “Silver”
• 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, “Silver”
• 2014 American Chardonnay Reserve, “Bronze”
• 2014 American Pinot Noir Reserve, “Gold”
• 2014 Muscadry Pink, “Silver”

The Grand Harvest Awards in Sonoma, California

• 2014 Muscadry Pink, “Gold”
• 2013 Scarlet Reserve, “Gold”

The International Sommelier Challenge in San Diego

• 2014 Muscadry Pink, 88 Points “Silver”
• 2013 La Barbera, 89 Points, “Silver”
• 2013 El Tempranillo, 87 Points, “Silver”

2015 Indy International Wine Competition

• Pinot Noir Reserve “Gold”
• Muscadry Pink “Gold”
• Muscadry “Silver”
• Pinot Grigio Reserve “Silver”
• Merlot Reserve “Silver”
• La Barbera “Silver”
• El Tempranillo “Silver”
• Les Petits “Silver”
• Duncan Creek Red “Bronze”

2015 Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association

• Muscadry Pink “Best of Category”

2015 International Women’s Wine Competition

• Muscadry “Silver”
• La Barbera “Bronze”
• Les Petits “Bronze”
• El Tempranillo “Bronze”
• Pinot Noir Reserve 2014, “Bronze”

2015 Wine Critique International Challenge

• El Tempranillo, “Platinum”
• Les Petits “Gold”
• Chardonnay “Silver”
• Muscadry Pink “Silver”

2015 Los Angeles International Wine Competition

• El Tempranillo, 90 Points “Gold”
• La Barbera, 90 Points “Gold”
• Muscadry “Silver”
• Muscadry Pink “Bronze”
• Les Petits “Bronze”

2015 Beverage Tasting Institute of Chicago

• Muscadry Pink, “Gold & Best”
• El Tempranillo, “Gold”
• La Barbera “Silver”
• Pinot Grigio Reserve “Silver”
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve “Silver”
• Malbec “Silver”
• Sauvignon Blanc Reserve “Silver”
• Les Petits “Bronze”
• Chardonnay Reserve “Bronze”
• Muscadry “Bronze

2015 Tasters Guild International Wine Competition

• Chardonnay Reserve 2014, “Gold”
• Les Petits “Gold”
• La Barbera “Gold”
• Muscadry Pink “Silver”
• Muscadry “Silver”
• El Tempranillo “Silver”
• Duncan Creek “Bronze”
• Duncan Creek Red “Bronze”

2015 Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition

• Les Petits “Gold”
• Duncan Creek  “Gold”
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve “Silver”
• El Tempranillo “Silver”

2015 Finger Lakes International Wine Competition

• Duncan Creek Red  “Double Gold”
• Les Petits “Gold”
• El Tempranillo “Silver”
• Muscadry “Silver””
• Duncan Creek “Bronze”
• Muscadry Pink “Bronze”
• Summer Wine “Bronze”

2015 Eastern Wine Competition

• El Tempranillo “Gold”
• La Barbera “Silver”
• Les Petits “Silver”

2015 TexSom International Wine Awards

• El Tempranillo “Silver”
• La Barbera “Bronze”
• Les Petits “Silver”

2015 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition

• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve “Double Gold”
• Pink Muscadry “Gold”
• Muscadry “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve “Silver”
• Pinot Noir Reserve “Bronze”
• Belle Reserve “Silver”
• Pinot Grigio Reserve “Silver”
• 2014 Grand Harvest Awards
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2013, “Gold” “Best of Class”
• Muscadry 2013, “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve 2013, “Bronze”

2014 Sommelier Challenge International Wine Competition, San Diego, California

• Muscadry 2013, “Gold”
• Scarlet Reserve 2013, “Gold”
• Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 2013, “Silver”
• Pinot Noir Reserve 2013, “Silver”

2014 Indy International Wine Competition

• Duncan Creek, “Double Gold”
• Scarlet Reserve, “Silver”
• Cabernet Sauvignon, “Silver”
• Pinot Noir, “Bronze”
• Summer Wine, “Silver”
• Muscadry Pink, “Bronze”

2014 International Women’s Wine Competition

• Belle Reserve 2013, “Silver”
• Brut Reserve NV, “Bronze”
• Duncan Creek Muscadine NV, “Bronze”
• Muscadry Pink 2013, “Bronze”
• Port Riserva, “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve 2013, “Silver”

2014 Los Angeles International Wine Competition

• Pinot Noir Reserve 2013, “Bronze”
• Scarlet Reserve 2013, “Silver”
• Belle Reserve 2013, “Bronze”
• Muscadry 2013, “Silver”
• Muscadry Pink 2013, “Silver”

2014 Critiques Challenge International

• Belle Reserve 2013, “Silver”
• Muscadry 2013, “Gold”

Finger Lakes International Wine Competition 2014, Rochester, New York

• Pinot Noir Reserve 2013, “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve 2013, “Silver”
• Muscadry 2013, “Silver”
• Muscadry Pink 2013, “Silver”

San Diego International Wine Competition 2014

• Scarlet Reserve 2013, “Silver”
• Muscadry 2013, “Silver”

The Beverage Tasting Institute 2013 (BTI)

• Port Riserva, Gold Medal, 92 Points
• 2012 Scarlet Reserve, Gold Medal, 90 Points
• 2011 Pinot Noir Reserve, Silver Medal, 88 Points
• 2012 Autumn Blush, Silver Medal & Best Buy, 89 Points
• 2012 Muscadry Pink, Silver Medal & Best Buy, 87 Points

2013 International Women’s Wine Competition, Sonoma, California

• Pink Muscadry, “Best of Class” and “Gold”
• Muscadry, “Silver”
• Duncan Creek, “Silver”

2013 Indy International Wine Competition

• Duncan Creek, “Double Gold” and “Best in Class”
• Pink Muscadry 2012, “Double Gold” and “Best in Class”
• Summer Wine, “Gold”
• Muscadry, “Silver”

2013 Grand Harvest Awards, Sonoma, California

• Muscadry 2012, “Gold”
• Pink Muscadry 2012, “Silver”
• Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2012, “Silver”
• Pinot Grigio Reserve 2012, “Silver”
• Scarlet Reserve 2012, “Silver”
• Moscato D’Asti DOCG 2012, “Silver”
• Port Riserva, “Silver”

Wines of the South Wine Competition 2013, Knoxville Tennessee

• Duncan Creek, “Bronze”
• Merlot Reserve 2010, “Silver”
• Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2012, “Double Gold”
• Pinot Grigio Reserve 2012, “Bronze”
• Scarlet Reserve 2012, “Silver”
• Pinot Noir Reserve 2012, “Silver”
• Port Riserva, “Silver”

Finger Lakes International Wine Competition 2013, Rochester, New York

• Duncan Creek, “Silver”
• Summer Wine, “Bronze”
• Autumn Blush, “Bronze”

Atlantic Seaboard Wine Association Competition 2013, Haymarket, Virginia

• Muscadry 2012, “Silver”
• Pink Muscadry 2012, “Silver”
• Duncan Creek, “Bronze”

International Eastern Wine Competition 2013, Sonoma, California

• Chardonnay Reserve 2010, “Bronze”
• Pinot Noir Reserve 2011, “Bronze”
• Port Riserva, “Bronze”

Gold

• GOLD MEDAL, 92 points, Château Élan Winery 2014 Premium Red Blend, Scarlet, Reserve, American, USA, $27.  — Award Code: 1303
• GOLD MEDAL, 90 points, Château Élan Winery 2014 Premium Red Blend, Finger Print Collection, Mameli, American, USA, $50.  — Award Code: 1305

Silver

• SILVER MEDAL, Château Élan Winery 2014 Premium Red Blend, Finger Print Collection, Zyrah, American, USA, $50.  — Award Code: 1306

Bronze

• BRONZE MEDAL, Château Élan Winery 2015 Muscadry Blanc, Native Branch, Georgia, USA, $18.  — Award Code: 3898
• BRONZE MEDAL, Château Élan Winery 2015 Muscadine Noble, Muscadry Rouge, Georgia, USA, $20.  — Award Code: 1301
• BRONZE MEDAL, Château Élan Winery 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon, Reserve, American, USA, $37.  — Award Code: 1302
• BRONZE MEDAL, Château Élan Winery 2014 Meritage, Finger Print Collection, American, USA, $50.  — Award Code: 1304