AAVWS Portal
Login

Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor Aquila Audax Enterprises
Show 2021
Class 18B
Entry Number 18B#4
Brand Fighting Gully Road
Wine Name La Longa Sangiovese
Vintage 2017
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Mark Walpole
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Scarlet hue, Savoury nose of toasty oak, dried herbs, sour cherry and olive brine. Fine, long and fresh
Judge 2 medium depth. minty. dusty. caramel. oaky simple. dry. some sweet oak in the background
Judge 3 A lot of oak and red brick. Very intense aroma leafy, sour cherry, chewy tannins, nice weight, drying finish
Associate Judge great length of flavour, attractive savouriness char sour cherry restrained use of oak
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