Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Kingston Estate Wines
Show	2018
Class	20
Entry Number	20#5
Brand	Kingston Echelon Collection
Wine Name	Petit Verdot
Vintage	2015
Origin	Regional Blend
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	2019

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Overall Score	92
Judge 1	Dark fruit, tar, dried blueberry. Classic varietal character. Quite structured, and the fruit is almost enough.
Judge 2	Lifted dark berry fruit, a bit of celery medium bodied and soft with a few prominent gravelly tannins drawing out the palate
Judge 3	fragrant with lots of intense dark fruit. nice line of fruit ad tannin. acid a fraction hard/racey?
Associate Judge	Dark, primary choc plum and that PV zippy raspberry lift. Fleshy and bustling. Anise and compote flavor with firm and resolved tannin. Oak slightly evident on the palate.

Varietal: Petit Verdot, GI: Riverland, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method	Conventional

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	04 / Sep / 2017
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	1000
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Bill Moularadellis