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Exhibitor De Bortoli Wines
Show 2025
Class 19
Entry Number 19#12
Brand Rutherglen Estate
Wine Name Shelleys Block
Vintage 2023
Origin Regional Blend
Commercial Label Yes
Availability De Bortoli Wines
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Overall Score 84
Judge 1 golden colour, oily, sl broad, fans out, dry
Judge 2 inviting if slightly shy nose. honey blossom, savoury herbs, lemongrass stalk, lime skin, white florals, sea spray and slight cheese biscuit. light toasty white gum honey. Acacia. creamy mouthfeel, yet tension maintained with taut acidity and nice flinty herbal notes. unique shape in mouth - long and firm and acidity swells. Lots of interest, spice and persistence.
Judge 3 Light straw. Nose is neutral-ish but clean, softly almond blossomy. Palate is quite almondy, orgeat, almond meal etc. Quite a pretty wine, perhaps a touch drying. So much orgeat. Bit short.
Associate Judge Nose shy, a little onion, burnt rubbe.. Oak on the palate is creamy and interesting but the wine is not balanced
Varietal: Marsanne, GI: Rutherglen, 52%
Clone SMVP, Roostock: Schwarzmann, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam
Elevation 180 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1660 Vines / Ha
Planted 1999
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 5.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 09 / Mar / 2022
Rainfall 585 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Varietal: Viognier, GI: Rutherglen, 42%
Clone Montpellier 1968, Roostock: SO4, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam
Elevation 180 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1660 Vines / Ha
Planted 1999
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 7.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 22 / Mar / 2022
Rainfall 585 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Varietal: Roussanne, GI: Rutherglen, 6%
Clone CX Vassel, Roostock: Schwarzmann, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam
Elevation 180 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1660 Vines / Ha
Planted 2004
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Crop Yeild 9.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 02 / Mar / 2022
Rainfall 585 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 55%
Ferment Old Wood 45%
Maturation Small Format Oak 60%
Maturation Stainless Steel 40%
Bottling Date 20 / Feb / 2023
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 800
Force Class True
Winemaker Note Marc Scalzo