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Entry Information
Exhibitor Yalumba
Show 2021
Class 6B
Entry Number 6B#1
Brand Yalumba Wines
Wine Name Yalumba The Virgilius Viognier
Vintage 2018
Origin Regional Blend
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Yalumba Wine Room, other retail outlets
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Yelow straw colour. Q.attractive lifted yellow flowers. Textural, nice fine phenolics. Well balanced palate. Nice clean finish
Judge 2 Tied looking old and lacks aromatic punch
Judge 3 Good reductivness, white florals, textural, lemon tea, soft acid
Associate Judge classic viognier characters, kernel, apricol
rich, full, alcohol a touch intrusive, lacks complexity beyond varietal characters
Varietal: Viognier, GI: Eden Valley, 100%
Clone Montpellier 1968, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Sand,Clay,Loam
Elevation 300 Metres above sea level
Planted 1980
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 8.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 28 / Feb / 2018
Rainfall 750 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Old Wood 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 25 / Feb / 2019
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 500
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Louisa Rose