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Entry Information
Exhibitor Willow Bridge Estate
Show 2019
Class 19B
Entry Number 19B#31
Brand Willow Bridge Estate
Wine Name Solana
Vintage 2018
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Jim Campbell Clause
Commercial Label Yes
Availability cellar door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 Vibrant and youthful: black cherry and redux. More medium than fuller-bodied, but delicious! Excellent tannins, nice use of oak.
Judge 2 nice brightness and purity of fruit, which carries through on palate. Black cherry. lovely well managed tannin give this wine structure to age.
Judge 3 PLum, cherry, nice oak, rich fruit, round, prominent lingering tannins, great length
Associate Judge Red fruit, ribena, fresh and fruit forward. Fresh and fruit forward on the palate. Light, lacks structure and acid. Very attractive elegant wine but Out of class.
Varietal: Tempranillo, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone Requena, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Gravel
Elevation 260 Metres above sea level
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 15 / Aug / 2019
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 290
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Kim Horton