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Entry Information
Exhibitor Hofer Family Wines
Show 2018
Class 23
Entry Number 23#6
Brand Hofer Family Wines
Wine Name Langhorne Creek Lagrein
Vintage 2016
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Direct
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1 ripe, plummy, rich porty, dense tannin
Judge 2 red and black fruits, xmas cake, soft front some meatyness, soft salty finish. Lacks the acid of other LaGrieans
Judge 3 Pine needle spicy oak lift, ripe conserve plum fruit spectrum, powdery tannins, coffee grain finish.
Associate Judge porty Blackcurrant and minty lift, sweet fruit entry, slight grained forward and lacking the drive.
Varietal: Lagrein, GI: Langhorne Creek, 100%
Clone H9V7, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Sand,Loam
Elevation 30 Metres above sea level
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 4.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 04 / Mar / 2016
Rainfall 140 (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 18 / Sep / 2017
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 139
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Marcus Hofer