Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Ballandean Estate Wines
Show	2017
Class	27
Entry Number	27#9
Brand	Ballandean Estate
Wine Name	Messing About Saperavi
Vintage	2015
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Cellar Door

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Gold
Overall Score	96
Judge 1	Good colour. Quite oaky. Saperavi in shiraz' clothing.
Judge 2	beautiful rip fruit with leathery spice, spicy oak, good length and complexity, big savoury style
Judge 3	Soft, plumbs, chocolate, oak creeping out of the wine and sitting on top of lovely ripe round fruit.
Associate Judge	crunchy dusty tannin drive, nice length, oak a little drying

Varietal: Saperavi, GI: Granite Belt, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Granite
Elevation	820 Metres above sea level
Planted	2009
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Closure	Cork
Cases Produced	395
Force Class	False