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Entry Information
Exhibitor Purple Hands Wines
Show 2020
Class 9
Entry Number 9#3
Brand Purple Hands Wines
Wine Name Colours of the South Pinot Blanc
Vintage 2020
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 fragrant wood nose/cedarwood, baked spiced pear, fresh palate fruit falls away a little
Judge 2 Very pale straw, esters, bright aromatics, lots of primary fruit on palate, phenolic line through tongue, commercial appeal
Judge 3 Brilliant pale straw colour. Fairly neutral aromatically, some pear. Some texture but fairly lean palate with some phenolic toughness
Associate Judge light yellow, floral nose, clean palate, crisp, some phenolics framing the palate, short
Varietal: Pinot Blanc/Bianco, GI: Barossa Valley, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Chardonnay, 100%
Soil Type Clay
Elevation 320 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1900 Vines / Ha
Planted 2004
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 4.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 12 / Feb / 2020
Rainfall 491 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Old Wood 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 03 / Aug / 2020
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 140
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Craig Stansborough