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Entry Information
Exhibitor Pinnacle Drinks
Show 2024
Class 29
Entry Number 29#7
Brand Chapel Hill
Wine Name The MV McLaren Vale Mourvedre
Vintage 2022
Origin Regional Blend
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Baked fruit. Oak dominates. Plasticine character.
Judge 2 dark and brooding, blood plums and deli meats; rich, dense and heavy, big tannins big everything! lots of power and drive, heavy hitter
Judge 3 Slight dead flower notes, dried fig. Ripe , extracted, old school but nice
Associate Judge A little more developed. Red current/cherry fruited. Resolved tannin. Calm. Finishing bitter
Varietal: Mataro / Mourvèdre / Monastrell, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment New Wood 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 466
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Michael Fragos & Bryn Richards