Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Ballandean Estate Wines
Show	2025
Class	6
Entry Number	6#16
Brand	Ballandean Estate
Wine Name	Malvasia
Vintage	2025
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Angelo Puglisi & Robyn Robertson
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Overall Score	89
Judge 1	Light, floral aromatics with apple. Light-weight fruit. Palate builds in texture towards oiliness on the finish. A bit warming. Direct.
Judge 2	Light warm straw. Nose is very youthful/ free SO2 end of ferment way. Smells faintly Rieslingish, but may be floral yeast. Vase of dying flowers floral note. Possibly a little RS, lifted acidity. Interesting, good for a glass certainly.
Judge 3	Pale lemon, lifted struck match reductive notes on nose, cedar vanilla palate textural richness, big style of wine.
Associate Judge	pale color, loquat, jasmine, lime citrus.mango butter on palate. rubery reduction on palatc, burnt hair, wet wool cuts through finish of wine. better on second look more ashy than smoky but still cuts fruits

Varietal: Malvasia Istriana, GI: Granite Belt, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Granite
Elevation	730 Metres above sea level
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	2.00 Tonnes / Ha

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation	None 100%
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	166
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Boxi Zhen