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Entry Information
Exhibitor Brown Family Wine Group
Show 2020
Class 24
Entry Number 24#20
Brand Brown Brothers
Wine Name Cellar Door Release Montepulciano
Vintage 2018
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Cellar Door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 mid red hue.
red primary fruit, slightly edgy tannins
Judge 2 Savoury, white cherry, white pepper nose and palate, violet finish, med colour and weight, little stalky on the back palate
Judge 3 medium colour , mint and eucalypt , fine tannin
Associate Judge unattractive aromas of spirit and dried wood, tomato leaf nose, explosive tannin front to back but I need the fruit to follow through and fight against it.
Varietal: Montepulciano, GI: Heathcote, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Loam,Volcanic
Elevation 150 Metres above sea level
Planted 2004
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional Certificate: 0
Harvest Date 16 / Apr / 2014
Rainfall 0 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation Stainless Steel 86%
Maturation Small Format Oak 14%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 500
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Simon McMillan