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Entry Information
Exhibitor Pfeiffer Wines
Show 2017
Class 21
Entry Number 21#21
Brand Pfeiffer Wines
Wine Name Durif
Vintage 2015
Origin Regional Blend
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Pfeiffer Wines cellar door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 dark brooding, inky, vanilla, lush, ripe tannin, choc powdery mouth coating tannins
Judge 2 spiced plums, dark core of powerful fruit, well interweaved tannins, focused and structured. Quite a few tricks pulled out of the bag for this wine
Judge 3 Massive over-ripe fruit with lots of sweet oak, sl menthol porty lifted notes, big wine with sl too much ripness and tannins
Associate Judge nice aroma, palate dominated by oak and lacking fruit to carry
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%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 23 / Dec / 2015
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 541
Force Class False