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Entry Information
Exhibitor hickinbotham.biz
Show 2016
Class 12A
Entry Number 12A#32
Brand hickinbotham of dromana
Wine Name Aligote
Vintage 2015
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Cellar Door/ Online
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 Med+ int, almond kernel, marzipan, nectarine. Lovely weight and texture, honeysuckle. Bright acidity, gentle phenolic grip. Old oak?
Judge 2 Sweet cloying oak dominates nose and palate. Choc / vanilla doesn't sit well on palate.
Judge 3 Broadness to the palate, with no direction in the mouth.
Associate Judge Toasty oak, lemon peel. Palate full and rounded. Perhaps out of class.
Varietal: Aligoté, GI: Mornington Peninsula, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Sand,Loam
Elevation 80 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 2500 Vines / Ha
Planted 1988
Irrigation None
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 2.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 14 / Mar / 2015
Rainfall 685 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation None 100%
Bottling Date 01 / Apr / 2016
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 80
Force Class False