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Entry Information
Exhibitor Billy Button Wines
Show 2018
Class 17
Entry Number 17#28
Brand Billy Button
Wine Name 'The Elusive' Nebbiolo
Vintage 2016
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Billy Button Cellar Door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Gold
Trophy Best Nebbiolo
Judge 1 Garnet, orange hue. Dusty redcurrant fruits. Secondary, light, dried fruit notes. Wine facets in place. A little more fruit generosity over tannin extraction. Quite well managed overall
Judge 2 Brightly coloured. Lifted tar and roses. Some VA. Very savoury. Great length and persistance.
Judge 3 nutmeg and savoury wood spice, forrest floor, gripping tannin,
Associate Judge Rose petal, dusty, nice fruit, firm tannins,
Varietal: Nebbiolo, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment Plastic 100%
Maturation Plastic 100%
Bottling Date 31 / Jan / 2018
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 90
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Jo Marsh