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Entry Information
Exhibitor Yalumba
Show 2016
Class 34
Entry Number 34#12
Brand The Yalumba Wine Company
Wine Name Yalumba FSW8B Botrytis Viognier
Vintage 2015
Origin Regional Blend
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Yalumba Wine Room, other retail outlets
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Delicate honey, apple, blossom fragrance. Full sweet, unctuous, lacks freshness. Moderate length
Judge 2 Very good length of flavour on the finish to the wine. Sugar/acid balance. Retaining freshness, with apricot/stone fruit flavours.
Judge 3 Nice and rich. Very mouth filling with good acid & sugar balance. Quite floral with hint of oiliness.
Associate Judge Subdued nose. Lemon rind. Lacking freshness on nose. Palate heavy and cloying with sweetness.
Varietal: Viognier, GI: Wrattonbully, 100%
Clone Montpellier 1968, Roostock: 140 Ruggeri, 100%
Soil Type Loam
Elevation 45 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 2020 Vines / Ha
Planted 1999
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 13.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 23 / Apr / 2015
Rainfall 520 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Bottling Date 29 / Jun / 2015
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 1100
Residual Sugar 154 grams / litre (0 to 300)
Wine Style / Method Botrytis
Force Class False