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Entry Information
Exhibitor Saltfleet Wines
Show 2023
Class 30
Entry Number 30#1
Brand Saltfleet
Wine Name Touriga Nacional
Vintage 2021
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Anton Groffen
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1 plummy violets turkish delight and dark chocolate short
Judge 2 Dark and brooding with grilled black plums, charcoal smoke, burnt sage and incense. Dark cooked blackberries and dusty tannins, tobacco leaf and smoke.
Judge 3 Pan juices, dark plum, prune. Ripe palate, prune, stewed plum, spearmint. A jammy, weighty feel. Lacking freshness and verve. Firm tannins don't carry the fruit.
Associate Judge Warm ripe fruit, clean, one dimensional structure
Varietal: Touriga Nacional, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam
Growing Method Organic Certificate: yes
Crop Yeild 1.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 28 / Mar / 2023
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Concrete 100%
Bottling Date 10 / Dec / 2023
Closure Cork
Cases Produced 103
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Jonathan Cook & Kyle Egel