Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Billy Button Wines
Show	2018
Class	21
Entry Number	21#18
Brand	Billy Button
Wine Name	'The Dapper' Durif
Vintage	2017
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Billy Button Cellar Door

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Gold
Overall Score	95.5
Judge 1	Some attractive reductive character, Parma violet, mulberry. Plenty of freshness, fine cocoa tannins.
Judge 2	Lifted dark fruits and musky perfume. Fresh and vibrant dark fruit on the palate. Savoury tannins and restrained oak. Enjoyable example of the variety.
Judge 3	big wine but in balance
Associate Judge	dark, choc, spice oak, dark chewy plum fruit palate, some tannins

Varietal: Durif, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method	Conventional
Harvest Date	03 / Apr / 2017

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Plastic 100%
Bottling Date	18 / Sep / 2018
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	200
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Jo Marsh