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Entry Information
Exhibitor XO Wine Co
Show 2025
Class 36
Entry Number 36#16
Brand Aptitude
Wine Name Woodside Gamay
Vintage 2024
Origin Multi-regional Blend
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Overall Score 90
Judge 1 spice, good reduction, cracked yeast, thick, quite intense, on the big side, warm finish
Judge 2 So much reduction, heaps of stems, and clove spice. Perfume is nice through it all - violet, heady rose. Palate has amazing concentration, without being overripe. Dark and brooding profile - serious!
Judge 3 Heavy reduction / oak. all smokey savoury.
Associate Judge Green, vegetal nose. Palate is aggressively green - gummy green tannin.
Varietal: Gamay, GI: Adelaide Hills, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation Large Format Oak 100%
Cases Produced 104
Force Class False