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Entry Information
Exhibitor Bellwether
Show 2019
Class 19B
Entry Number 19B#6
Brand Bellwether
Wine Name Wrattonbully Tempranillo
Vintage 2018
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Joe Drew
Commercial Label Yes
Availability SA, VIC, NSW, QLD
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Overall Score 86
Judge 1 Green olive, stalky, soft tannins, pleasant drink
Judge 2 Mid red. Lots of undergrowth/compost characters. Soft.
Judge 3 pretty dense floral, cherry. ripe and concentrated yet in all of this balance. velvety tannin
Associate Judge Ripe black cherry and blueberries. Bracken. Beautiful fresh forward fruit with some complexing characters- tobacco.
Palate is fruit forward with cherries, Ribena. Acid is linear, tannins are not particularly structural. Finished a bit short- slight herbaceousness.
Varietal: Tempranillo, GI: Wrattonbully, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Limestone/Calcareous
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 06 / Nov / 2017
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 200
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Sue Bell & Steve Brown