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Crittenden Estate
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2025
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43
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43#6
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Cri de Coeur
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Savagnin 'Sous Voile'
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NV
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Single Vineyard
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Rollo Crittenden
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Yes
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| Judging Results |
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Gold
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96
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Exciting to see three flor-aged wines entered into this class! Oldest wine is a little turbid, fruit tiring a little on the nose but with the salivating acidity, roasted almond character expected of this style, some soy/vegemite developed notes. Moderate persistence. Wine 2 is deeper in colour with shiny aromatic lift, roasted hazelnut butter. Palate is wonderful, intense and dense but still refreshing, a powerful flor-aged style with the curry leaf, celery leaf, almond and salt of flor, the qui
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younger wines complex, rich and full with great texture. older wine a bit simple by comparison
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Wines with a satisfyingly complete package from aroma through intensity and spectrum, palate texture and breadth and length. Same attractive attibutes in all, with intensity. Distinction.
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Butterscotch and oxidative development in 2020 contrasts with the nutty oxidation married to good freshness in 2013 and especially compared to 2011's lifted freshness remaining with lovely development of savoury flavours on the palate. A shift in style for younger vintages with a more oxidative and structured approach taken compared to the more classical expression of the 2011. 2020 and 2013 have significantly more depth and power on the palate, saline and intense. A touch more development for t
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pretty cool bracket, interesting similarities and differences, flor the most dominant similarity. Quality varies a little but the 2013 is an absolute cracker!!
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Provenance Award
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| Varietal: Savagnin, GI: Mornington Peninsula, 100% |
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Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
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Loam
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Conventional
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| Wine Making Information |
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Diam
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False
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Vintages - 2011, 2013, 2020
Looking to the great Vin Jaune wines of the Jura region in France for inspiration these wines were whole bunched and pressed to old French barriques before natural fermentation and malolactic conversion. Following ferment the barrels were moved to a well ventilated shed (away from the winery proper) where conditions were perfect for the gradual growth of the flor yeast on the surface of the increasingly ullaged barrels. Amazingly these wines were not been topped for its entire 4 year ageing period, relying on the protective properties of the yeast voile to avoid excessive oxidation.
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Rollo Crittenden
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