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Entry Information
Exhibitor Billy Button Wines
Show 2022
Class 20
Entry Number 20#4
Brand Billy Button
Wine Name 'The Unexpected' Aglianico
Vintage 2021
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Mark Walpole
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 waxy, spicy, charming, warm fruits, spice, soft plush piloowy tannins
Judge 2 herbal, pretty. good length, nice purity. some oxidative notes.
Judge 3 Perfumed and white pepper spice with cherry fruit - balance body of acid, and tannin and fruit touch oal
Associate Judge Bright almost carbonic candied fruit notes, fairly serious on closer inspection. Fresh clean balanced and delicious, if a little simple.
Varietal: Aglianico, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 130
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Glenn James & Jo Marsh