Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	First Drop Wines
Show	2024
Class	32
Entry Number	32#4
Brand	First Drop Wines
Wine Name	Nacional McLaren Vale Touriga Nacional
Vintage	2023
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	First Drop Cellar Door

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	Nice juicy nose. Purple fruited. A little herbal/green.
Judge 2	Closed and unyielding on nose - smells 'hard' and forbidding on entry, too. Then fruit is OK but 1D and a bit truncated.
Judge 3	kind of delicious ripeness, palate is is juicy but coated by some good firm tannins that land the plane
Associate Judge	Baked goods. Cinnamon, orange zest. Again, quite dark purple salty but well handled. Quite balanced. Perhaps acid hanging out a little more than I'd like to see. Saline.

Varietal: Touriga Nacional, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Loam
Elevation	130 Metres above sea level
Growing Method	Conventional Certificate: 0
Crop Yeild	8.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	17 / Mar / 2022
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	20 / May / 2023
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	100
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	John Retsas