AAVWS Portal
Login

Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor Hugh Hamilton Wines
Show 2016
Class 26
Entry Number 26#6
Brand Hugh Hamilton Wines
Wine Name The Oddball
Vintage 2014
Origin Multi-regional Blend
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Cellar Door, independent Retailers
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1 Big dense style.Black fruits inky and chunky. Big tannins, quite drying with lovely dutch licorice finish. Brute of a wine which will appeal to some.
Judge 2 Aldehydic, bounces you out. No purchase on the palate
Judge 3 Slight herbal note creeping into the fruit; disjunction on the palate.
Associate Judge Tad stewy,. ripe spectrum. caramel lactones, warm, boozy rouge. hot. soupy. overt
Varietal: Saperavi, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam
Elevation 85 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 3660 Vines / Ha
Planted 2005
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Harvest Date 16 / Feb / 2015
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 15 / Oct / 2015
Closure Cork
Cases Produced 1021
Force Class False