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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
Overall Score 88.5
Judge 1 Very pale straw, esters, bright aromatics, lots of primary fruit on palate, phenolic line through tongue, commercial appeal
Judge 2 Brilliant pale straw colour. Fairly neutral aromatically, some pear. Some texture but fairly lean palate with some phenolic toughness
Judge 3 fragrant wood nose/cedarwood, baked spiced pear, fresh palate fruit falls away a little
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