Entry Information |
Billy Button Wines |
2018 |
13 |
13#7 |
Clay Pot Wines |
Taurian |
2016 |
Single Vineyard |
Yes |
Billy Button Cellar Door |
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Judging Results |
Silver |
Chief of Judges Wine to Watch |
Lifted orange rind, fennel, dried yellow flowers. Savoury complexity. Pepper, cardamon. Chalky texture and balanced bitterness. Savoury and appetising. |
gun powder smoke, chock and flinty characters, a bit of va yet still youthful and fresh. good texture and flesh |
anitipasto, pickles, grass clippings, ditto palate, digestif bitterness builds through mid to finish, all there but a touch hard. |
Mid straw. Veil of H2S. Gingernut, grilled nuts baked pastry and lemon tart. Creamy and fresh. Slightly too hot. |
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Varietal: Friulano, GI: Tasmania, 100% |
Bests 23, Roostock: Unknown, 100% |
40 Metres above sea level |
2012 |
Dripper |
Conventional |
19 / Mar / 2016 |
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Wine Making Information |
Clay Amphorae 100% |
Plastic 100% |
14 / Mar / 2017 |
Screw |
54 |
False |
100% skin fermented in a 600L clay amphora, on skins for 215 days |
Glenn James |