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Exhibitor Yalumba
Show 2022
Class 36
Entry Number 36#2
Brand Yalumba Wines
Wine Name Yalumba FSW Botrytis Viognier
Vintage 2020
Origin Regional Blend
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Yalumba Wine Room, other retail outlets
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 medium intensity, botrytis characters, quite simple, bright, lacks complexity and pungency
Judge 2 musk, good depth of flavour. nice balance.
Judge 3 Honeyed nuts, dried apricots and apples, caramel - upfront ripe grapefruit laced with mango in the palate - acid drops
Associate Judge Golden in colour. Blossom waxy notes, dense and thick. Full and rich but falls a bit flat, needs more bite and freshness.
Varietal: Viognier, GI: Wrattonbully, 100%
Clone Montpellier 1968, Roostock: 140 Ruggeri, 100%
Soil Type Loam
Elevation 45 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 2020 Vines / Ha
Planted 1999
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 13.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 04 / May / 2020
Rainfall 520 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Bottling Date 08 / Sep / 2020
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 500
Residual Sugar 109 grams / litre (0 to 300)
Wine Style / Method Botrytis
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Heather Fraser