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Exhibitor Angullong Wines
Show 2023
Class 21
Entry Number 21#5
Brand Angullong
Wine Name Fossil Hill
Vintage 2022
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Ben Crossing
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 cranberry dried red fruit , quite tannic and acid , astringent palate
Judge 2 Sour plums and violets, mixed sweet/savory spices, tobacco and cedar. Plump on the palate - structured, firm with spicy finish
Judge 3 Simple fruited plum and oak aromas. Creamy oak on the palate, with plum at the fore. A bit dull.
Associate Judge Bright pulpy, jubey fruit, fleshy palate with good fruit concentration, tannins adding good length
Varietal: Sagrantino, GI: Orange, 100%
Clone MAT 1, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Basalt,Clay,Volcanic
Elevation 650 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1667 Vines / Ha
Planted 2010
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Sustainable Certificate: SWA
Crop Yeild 8.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 13 / Apr / 2022
Rainfall 769 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 23 / Mar / 2023
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 287
Force Class True
Winemaker Note Jeff Byrne