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Entry Information
Exhibitor Billy Button Wines
Show 2019
Class 27
Entry Number 27#8
Brand Billy Button
Wine Name 'The Squid' Saperavi
Vintage 2018
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Jeremy Smith
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Billy Button cellar door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 very fragrant perfumed lift, chewy and dry finish, substantial structure, intense, sl tropical
Judge 2 very drying tannins detract
Judge 3 Deep plum colour. Plum and baked beetroot. Hint of herbs. Medium weight wine. Dusty tannins.
Associate Judge blue fruit. structure fits wine.
Varietal: Saperavi, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam
Elevation 250 Metres above sea level
Growing Method Conventional
Harvest Date 07 / Apr / 2017
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Plastic 67%
Maturation Small Format Oak 33%
Bottling Date 05 / Sep / 2019
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 130
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Jo Marsh