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Entry Information
Exhibitor Aquila Audax Enterprises
Show 2020
Class 18B
Entry Number 18B#18
Brand Fighting Gully Road
Wine Name La Longa Sangiovese
Vintage 2018
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Mark Walpole
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 caramel oaky characters dominate
Judge 2 cherry and vanillin nose, primary fruit almost lost on the palate, cherry oak takes over. What a pity! coke a cola finish
Judge 3 good colour, slightly sour and extracted , some fine tannin on finish, dry oak
Associate Judge reduced boot polish nose, secondary fruit characters and a minty panic finish, don't like the oak in this wine
Varietal: Sangiovese, GI: Beechworth, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: 99 Richter, 100%
Soil Type Loam,Shale,Quartz
Elevation 550 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 2020 Vines / Ha
Planted 1997
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Sustainable
Crop Yeild 5.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 25 / Mar / 2017
Wine Making Information
Ferment Old Wood 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 50%
Maturation Small Format Oak 50%
Bottling Date 28 / Jan / 2019
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 150
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Mark Walpole