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Entry Information
Exhibitor Agnew Wines
Show 2018
Class 25
Entry Number 25#6
Brand Audrey Wilkinson
Wine Name Winemakers Selection Malbec
Vintage 2017
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability cellar door, online
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 Ruby purple hue. Moderate aromas. Good jube fruit and tannin bite. Lively with flavour length. Almost a touch grassy.
Judge 2 Ripe and lush with lavender notes, intensely fruity and generous yet with juicy freshness. Alcohol burn unfortunately ruins the potential for a higher score.
Judge 3 slight artificial chemical character. perfumed and restrained style. acid a little racey for the variety?
Associate Judge Clean, somewhat closed, fairly dry finish slight bitterness on end
Varietal: Malbec, GI: Hunter Valley, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Loam
Elevation 200 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 2000 Vines / Ha
Planted 1965
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Sustainable
Crop Yeild 4.50 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 14 / Feb / 2017
Rainfall 630 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 13 / Dec / 2017
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 286
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Jeff Byrne