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Exhibitor Little So & So Wine Co.
Show 2025
Class 27B
Entry Number 27B#8
Brand Precious Little
Wine Name Nero d'Avola
Vintage 2024
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Bruno Cocca
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Overall Score 89
Judge 1 Black olive, lots of structure. hint of dessication, dried plum, black fruit. Saline but has persistence of fruit. Dried fruit on the back.
Judge 2 herbal, spicey chemical nose. leafy. juicy palate. short
Judge 3 ripe blackberry, blackcurrant. anise, herbal tea, oak spice. good plush medium body of blackberry, anise and black tea. touch of good not overtly sweet oak. good length, restrained with concentration. acidity rolls with the flavour components.
Associate Judge fair whack of oak on nose. dark plums, pepper, fenugreek spice. lifted lavender. creamy vanillin oak. oak dom but has sweet black berry fruit to fill. very salty and dry
Varietal: Nero d'Avola, GI: Barossa Valley, 100%
Clone MAT 1, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam,Rocky
Elevation 280 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1630 Vines / Ha
Planted 2011
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 2.50 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 18 / Mar / 2024
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 02 / Dec / 2024
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 444
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Marty O'Flaherty