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Entry Information
Exhibitor Billy Button Wines
Show 2023
Class 20
Entry Number 20#5
Brand Billy Button
Wine Name 'The Affable' Barbera
Vintage 2021
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Tony Ferraro
Commercial Label Yes
Availability www.billybuttonwines.com.au
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 slightly dank. sweaty salami reductive note. nice bright blue fruits on palate. attractive tannin build. lovely line and length.
Judge 2 savoury terracotta, briary fruits, fruit sweetness with nice hint of bitterness and lightly powdery tannins, bene.
Judge 3 Matte and slightly generic nose. Lacks vitality (stewed?) through palate.
Associate Judge fruit cake and some tertiary foresty notes, deep ripe fruit, balanced and fleshy
Varietal: Barbera, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Deep,Loam
Elevation 200 Metres above sea level
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Harvest Date 30 / Mar / 2021
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Plastic 100%
Bottling Date 20 / Jan / 2022
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 548
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Jo Marsh & Glenn James