| Entry Information |
| First Drop Wines |
| 2024 |
| 42 |
| 42#1 |
| First Drop Wines |
| Forza |
| 2010 |
| Single Vineyard |
| Yes |
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| Judging Results |
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| light, medium bodied, subtle, savoury. b leather, some dried herbs, drying. c.earthy |
| Withdrawn |
| Bracket in general looking tired. Oldest wine showing microbial issues. Overall lacks freshness and life. |
| Significant browning on the older two wines, assumed varietal. Youngest wine savoury and salty. Firm tannins noted throughout but very astringent without fruit core to support. Microbial wine 3. |
| Interesting black tea and tee tree nose. Youngest wine already looks to be showing some development. Fruit looks a little tired, some nice tannin. Earthy secondary characteristics definitely present in mod aged wine. Some attractive tobacco leaf notes, however palate feels as though it has dried out and lacking fruit freshness. Some earthy barnayard feacal characters in the oldest wine, looks older than 10 years. Bret? |
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| Varietal: Nebbiolo, GI: Adelaide Hills, 100% |
| Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100% |
| Clay,Loam,Sand,Shale |
| 340 Metres above sea level |
| Conventional |
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| Wine Making Information |
| Old Wood 100% |
| Small Format Oak 100% |
| Screw |
| 200 |
| False |
| The fruit is destemmed and wild fermented for 30 days on skins. The ferment is plunged only. Post maceration it is pressed to 40% new French oak hogsheads to
undergo MLF. Post MLF, minimal sulphur dioxide is added, and the wine matures sue lie for 20 months.
sur lie for 20 months. |
| John Retsas |
| 2010, 2012, 2018 |
