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Entry Information
Exhibitor Big Easy Radio
Show 2024
Class 33
Entry Number 33#8
Brand Big Easy Radio
Wine Name Forget Babylon
Vintage 2020
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Joe Agostino
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Overall Score 84
Judge 1 Dark fruited, inky, broody. Great intensity on the palate, oak is clear, becomes chewy.
Judge 2 Firm colour, a bit of vanilla and slightly treacly oak? Fruit expression and flow of palate hampered as well. Dark and sticky.
Judge 3 Waxy and developed. Hard to see varietal integrity. A bit forward and blousy.
Associate Judge tart black fruit, chemical, med int, dense black fruit palate, firming tannins, med length. lacking complexity
Varietal: Malbec, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Limestone/Calcareous,Loam
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Harvest Date 02 / Apr / 2020
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 04 / Sep / 2020
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 500
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Matt Head