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Entry Information
Exhibitor Smallwater Estate
Show 2018
Class 22
Entry Number 22#4
Brand Smallwater Estate
Wine Name Zinfandel
Vintage 2017
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Cellar Door and selected outlets
Judging Results
Medal / Award Gold
Judge 1 Nice black fruit characters, but could use more zing
Judge 2 blueberryfruit, spice, attractive drinkability, well balanced, fresh with nice grainy spicy coffee toasty finish
Judge 3 Fragrant, fresh and bright. Lovely intregrated tannins and structure.
Associate Judge fresh fruit aroma, cherry, clean juicy mid palate fruit, good clean line, intergrated tannin, nice fine chalky tannin
Varietal: Zinfandel / Primitivo / Tribidrag, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Planting Density 1800 Vines / Ha
Planted 1993
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 5.00 Tonnes / Ha
Wine Making Information
Ferment Old Wood 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 19 / Jan / 2017
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 301
Force Class False