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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
Judge 1 Waxy and developed. Hard to see varietal integrity. A bit forward and blousy.
Judge 2 Dark fruited, inky, broody. Great intensity on the palate, oak is clear, becomes chewy.
Judge 3 Firm colour, a bit of vanilla and slightly treacly oak? Fruit expression and flow of palate hampered as well. Dark and sticky.
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