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Entry Information
ExhibitorPfeiffer Wines
Show2017
Class21
Entry Number21#21
BrandPfeiffer Wines
Wine NameDurif
Vintage2015
OriginRegional Blend
Commercial LabelYes
AvailabilityPfeiffer Wines cellar door
Judging Results
Medal / AwardBronze
Judge 1dark brooding, inky, vanilla, lush, ripe tannin, choc powdery mouth coating tannins
Judge 2spiced 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 3Massive over-ripe fruit with lots of sweet oak, sl menthol porty lifted notes, big wine with sl too much ripness and tannins
Associate Judgenice aroma, palate dominated by oak and lacking fruit to carry
Varietal: Durif, GI: Rutherglen, 100%
CloneUnknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil TypeLoam
Elevation165 Metres above sea level
IrrigationDripper
Growing MethodConventional
Wine Making Information
FermentStainless Steel 60%
FermentOpen Fermenter 20%
MaturationSmall Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date23 / Dec / 2015
ClosureScrew
Cases Produced541
Force ClassFalse