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	big wine but in balance
Judge 2	Some attractive reductive character, Parma violet, mulberry. Plenty of freshness, fine cocoa tannins.
Judge 3	Lifted dark fruits and musky perfume. Fresh and vibrant dark fruit on the palate. Savoury tannins and restrained oak. Enjoyable example of the variety.
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