Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Ballandean Estate Wines
Show	2025
Class	38
Entry Number	38#11
Brand	Ballandean Estate
Wine Name	Saperavi
Vintage	2024
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Angelo Puglisi & Robyn Robertson
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Overall Score	92
Judge 1	nicely balanced oak to fruit. palate has nice line and texture. blue fruit. became painforte rich with time
Judge 2	Fragrant cherry wood. charry. forest fruits. nice long tannin. gravelly fine. quenching and long. Appealling bigger style. very floral.
Judge 3	Herbal and blackberry fruit in good balance on nose and palate, quite juicy, very tannic but grapey and finishes fresh.
Associate Judge	Savoury, earthy, touch sweaty. Palate dilute, lacking fruit weight.

Varietal: Saperavi, GI: Granite Belt, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Elevation	780 Metres above sea level
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	4.00 Tonnes / Ha

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Closure	Diam
Cases Produced	322
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Boxi Zhen