Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Balgownie Estate
Show	2018
Class	16B
Entry Number	16B#27
Brand	Balgownie Estate
Wine Name	Black Label Sangiovese
Vintage	2017
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Cellar door. Bendigo and Yarra Valley

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Overall Score	85
Judge 1	OK, but a little too dry
Judge 2	Dark cherry, spicy, rose-hip perfume yet a bit too extracted, coffee oaky and dusty
Judge 3	Soapy and lacking definition. Shows heat and not a lot of balance. Needs to be finer.
Associate Judge	darker fruit, oak derived tannins, deeper fruit core, chewy tannin line. good talky chewy tannin wine.. too much tannin?

Varietal: Sangiovese, GI: Bendigo, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Loam,Shallow
Elevation	170 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	2000 Vines / Ha
Planted	1999
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	6.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	18 / Feb / 2016
Rainfall	400 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	20 / Jun / 2017
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	400
Force Class	False