Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Pfeiffer Wines
Show	2016
Class	20
Entry Number	20#1
Brand	Pfeiffer Wines
Wine Name	Durif
Vintage	2014
Origin	Regional Blend
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Pfeiffer Wines cellar door

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Gold
Judge 1	chocolate, Fritz, intense fruit, good persistence, tad overextracted
Judge 2	Deep inky, savoury nose, bacon, garrigue herbs, juicy plum and blackberry fruit, with some dried prune; shower of fine but present tannins - a plume on the finish. Dry expression of fruit in a good way. V serious/brooding.
Judge 3	deep colour balanced ripeness and oak some coating and chewy tannins but in check some flesh and anise
Associate Judge	Nice col, reduced, lactones and dark bramble fruits. Fresh but nearly too cooked. Fat pal, swathey, prickly tannins but slurpy. typical. great pal.

Varietal: Durif, GI: Rutherglen, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Loam
Elevation	165 Metres above sea level
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Stainless Steel 60%
Ferment	Open Fermenter 20%
Ferment	Wood 20%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	23 / Dec / 2015
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	541
Force Class	False