Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Chalmers Wines Australia Pty Ltd
Show	2018
Class	28
Entry Number	28#3
Brand	Chalmers
Wine Name	Aglianico
Vintage	2016
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	retail, on-premise, online

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Gold
Overall Score	95.5
Judge 1	Ripeness and intensity. Dark fruit. Glossy, cocoa. Density and freshness. Brighter on the palate than expected.
Judge 2	Dark dense colour, lovely fruit spectrum of fresh dark berries Plush palate with apparent varietal tannin mix with oak influences
Judge 3	lush fruit nose. tannins intense and steel the show.
Associate Judge	Darker primary lift, blue fruits and dusty earthen. Oak lifting, richer and deeper aromatic. Bursty fruit entry, fine dusty and prolific tannin freshened with taught acidity. Great drink.

Varietal: Aglianico, GI: Heathcote, 100%
Clone	VCR 23 (Taurasi), Roostock: 110 Richter, 100%
Soil Type	Deep,Clay,Loam,Rocky
Elevation	225 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	4545 Vines / Ha
Planted	2008
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Sustainable Certificate: 0
Crop Yeild	8.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	17 / Mar / 2016
Rainfall	434 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Large Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	09 / Jan / 2017
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	200
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Bart van Olphen