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Exhibitor Grey Sands Vineyards
Show 2021
Class 33
Entry Number 33#7
Brand Grey Sands
Wine Name Malbec
Vintage 2015
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Bob Richter
Commercial Label Yes
Availability online
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1 Toasty, red fruit. A bit boney on the palate.
Judge 2 medium depth. red berries. camphory oak input. spicy. reductive. a bit hollow. falls away on the finish
Judge 3 barnyard nose lots of tannin, very drying,
Associate Judge leather, masculine, good grip, sl green edge
Varietal: Malbec, GI: Tasmania, 100%
Clone 1056, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Clay
Elevation 120 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 8800 Vines / Ha
Planted 2007
Irrigation None
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 5.40 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 14 / Apr / 2015
Rainfall 849 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 14 / Feb / 2016
Closure Diam
Cases Produced 110
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Penny Jones