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Entry Information
Exhibitor Morris Wines
Show 2018
Class 32C
Entry Number 32C#5
Brand Morris Wines
Wine Name Blue Imperial
Vintage 2014
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Cellar Door
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1 deep red medium full with a lot of tannin. Like a Durif blend. Good
Judge 2 Chocolate, sweet raisin, leather. Some development, firm tannin, drying out on the palate.
Judge 3 Toasted oak. Baking spices and dark fruits. Drying tannins and a hard oak finish.
Associate Judge aged cab herb aroma, eucalypt, choc, oak spice, good palate depth acid/oak balance and line.
Varietal: Cinsaut, GI: Rutherglen, 100%
Clone Rutherglen, Roostock: Schwarzmann, 100%
Soil Type Loam
Elevation 170 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1850 Vines / Ha
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 6.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 12 / Apr / 2014
Rainfall 560 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Concrete Vat 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 12 / Aug / 2015
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 167
Force Class False
Winemaker Note David Morris