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Exhibitor Maxwell Wines
Show 2024
Class 12A
Entry Number 12A#4
Brand Maxwell Wines
Wine Name Maxwell Grenache Blanc
Vintage 2024
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Richard Wellsmore
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Honeysuckle, nougat and green melon. Fresh but lacking acid line drive.
Judge 2 reductive/rubber; stripped and flabby/oily
Judge 3 Salty saline talc, briney. Lovely pitch perfect extract on saline pithyness
Associate Judge Honey lemon aromatics. Comes through to the palate with juicy orange fruits. Quite a terse phenolic grip. Bitter
Varietal: Grenache Blanc, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Loam
Elevation 50 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1839 Vines / Ha
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Sustainable Certificate: Sustainable Winegrowing Austra
Crop Yeild 3.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 28 / Feb / 2023
Rainfall 500 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Old Wood 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 09 / Oct / 2023
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 77
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Kate Petering