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Exhibitor Balgownie Estate
Show 2021
Class 6B
Entry Number 6B#6
Brand Balgownie Estate
Wine Name Viognier
Vintage 2020
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Steven Bullock
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 Straw. Delicate aromatics. Fine. Beautiful textural palate with well handled phenolics. Nice line
Judge 2 Solid wine lacks complexity
Judge 3 Jasmine, white floral, delicate nose. Honey, Lucius, good lenght.
Associate Judge floral, pretty nose, not excessvely apricotty or ripe
palate nicely structured by phenolics, perhaps lacks a touch of intensity
Varietal: Viognier, GI: Bendigo, 100%
Clone Montpellier 1968, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 7.50 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 10 / Feb / 2020
Rainfall 500 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Old Wood 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 19 / Nov / 2020
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 118
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Tony Winspear