Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Vineyard 28
Show	2024
Class	22
Entry Number	22#10
Brand	Vineyard 28
Wine Name	Wildwater Barbera
Vintage	2023
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Mark Cumbers
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Vineyard 28 Cellar Door and online

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	Orange peel and campari with some cherry chocolate. Bit riper and hot?
Judge 2	Dark garnet in color, this wine smells of dusty boysenberry and blueberry fruit. In the mouth, wonderfully juicy boysenberry fruit is shot through with orange peel and wrapped in fine grained tannins that gradually stiffen over time. Excellent acidity and length.
Judge 3	lifted bright red fruits, cherry, layered with herbaceous, anis notes. cherry cola. fresh, fragrant, zippy, varietal. juicy acid.
Associate Judge	ripe red fruit, wide mid pallet, lacking fine structure

Varietal: Barbera, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Merlot, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Loam
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	4.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	26 / Mar / 2023
Rainfall	0 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	09 / Jul / 2024
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	30
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Mark Cumbers