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Entry Information
Exhibitor Billy Button Wines
Show 2015
Class 17
Entry Number 17#7
Brand Billy Button Wines
Wine Name 'The Affable' Barbera
Vintage 2014
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Thirteen Steps, Bright
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Great deep colour and rich plum on the nose with some spicy blackberry and graphite and aniseed. Racy acid and powdery tannin pallet.
Judge 2 Closed, but dark fruit spectrum. More serious and structured than others, but a bit solid.
Judge 3 Sweaty,cedary oak. Brooding. Lacking varietal character. Heavy.
Associate Judge light ruby, bright attractive red fruits, light bodied, bright, sour red fruits, tomato leaf and some spice. bright acidity to finish
Varietal: Barbera, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Deep,Clay,Loam
Elevation 200 Metres above sea level
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Rainfall 900 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 05 / Feb / 2015
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 65
Force Class False