Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Smallwater Estate
Show	2025
Class	37
Entry Number	37#3
Brand	Smallwater Estate
Wine Name	Zinfandel
Vintage	2024
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	John Small
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Cellar Door and selected outlets

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Overall Score	85
Judge 1	Dried herb, coffee, reduction. Waxy leaf on the palate. Mint chocolate. Grippy, drying tannins on the finish.
Judge 2	bacon fat oak, peppery spice, gravelly tannins. touch of rs
Judge 3	reduction prominent with oak spice and black fruits. med int, solid palate weight, acid and tannin in balance, oak spice comes through heavy after inital fruit.
Associate Judge	dried mushroom, cardoman, anise, woody vanilla on palate, dry oak tannin, chary caramel. fruit ghets lost.

Varietal: Zinfandel / Primitivo / Tribidrag, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone	WA, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Granite,Loam
Elevation	235 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	1800 Vines / Ha
Planted	1993
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	5.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	19 / Mar / 2022

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Old Wood 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	19 / Jan / 2017
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	200
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Bruce Dukes & Remi Guise