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Entry Information
Exhibitor First Drop Wines
Show 2024
Class 25B
Entry Number 25B#2
Brand First Drop Wines
Wine Name Minchia Adelaide Hills Montepulciano
Vintage 2020
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability First Drop Cellar Door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 drying palate, baked fruit, medium to full bodied, blocky structure, lacking line
Judge 2 very dense, inky wine, bay leaf, charcoal,
Judge 3 good density, lively color ripe flavors but subtle shows the evolution of a few years in glass, tannins are resolved ..
Associate Judge advancing aromatics, Sweet entry, soft tannin falling away
Varietal: Montepulciano, GI: Adelaide Hills, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam,Sand,Shale
Elevation 340 Metres above sea level
Growing Method Conventional Certificate: 0
Crop Yeild 4.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 16 / Mar / 2019
Rainfall 0 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 11 / Oct / 2020
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 125
Force Class False