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Entry Information
Exhibitor Billy Button Wines
Show 2017
Class 8
Entry Number 8#4
Brand Billy Button Wines
Wine Name 'The Happy' Gerwurztraminer
Vintage 2017
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability www.billybuttonwines.com.au
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 Fairly plain nose. Some redux.
Judge 2 spicy notes w dried apricot, plain
Judge 3 Sweaty thinks. Complex reduction, mandarin peel spicy ginger,
Grubby as an armless chimney sweep and just as interesting.
Welcoming pallet citrus notes salt bush. Really interesting wine! Has great self esteem
Associate Judge phenolic/grippy. oak out of balance with fruit character
Varietal: Gewurztraminer, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Deep,Clay,Loam
Elevation 300 Metres above sea level
Planted 1989
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Harvest Date 07 / Mar / 2017
Rainfall 1000 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 25%
Maturation Stainless Steel 25%
Maturation Small Format Oak 75%
Bottling Date 01 / Aug / 2017
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 28
Force Class False