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Entry Information
Exhibitor Grove Estate
Show 2021
Class 19
Entry Number 19#14
Brand Grove Estate Wines
Wine Name Sommita Nebbiolo
Vintage 2018
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Brian Mullany
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Cellar Door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Dark cherry. Savoury . Nice volume on the palate. Very soft, lacks a little drive.
Judge 2 Good dry red style a little sweet on front and mid palate
Judge 3 Great concentration of ripe cherries, sweet mid palate. tannins very well integrated and handled. Finish savory.
Associate Judge meaty and complex, but lacks fruit on nose, palate appears fruitless and hollow with some tannin but no fruit
Varietal: Nebbiolo, GI: Hilltops, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Deep,Loam,Volcanic,Granite
Elevation 530 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1555 Vines / Ha
Planted 2000
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 5.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 28 / Mar / 2018
Rainfall 484 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment New Wood 20%
Ferment Old Wood 80%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 01 / Feb / 2019
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 200
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Bryan Martin