Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Pindarie Pty Ltd
Show	2025
Class	26B
Entry Number	26B#5
Brand	Pindarie
Wine Name	The Straggler
Vintage	2023
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Wendy Allan
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Overall Score	85
Judge 1	Firm and structured. Elegant, restrained fruit with innate complexity. Crunchy, then dusty, cinnamon tannins coat the mouth. A touch of reduction.
Judge 2	Inky dark maroon. A bit of sweaty cheesy reduction over black fruits. sound if a bit unexciting. Not fresh.
Judge 3	Reductive smokiness overwhelming fruit aromas on nosed. On palate some black fruits emerge but overall bitterness and drying tanin finish.
Associate Judge	mint, stalk, marmite, pan juice. thick black plum core, touch cardoman and anise. quick conctrated and broody. rocky edge to tannimn

Varietal: Montepulciano, GI: Barossa Valley, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Sustainable

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Old Wood 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	29 / Nov / 2023
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	700
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Peter Leske