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Exhibitor Hastwell & Lightfoot
Show 2025
Class 4A
Entry Number 4A#56
Brand Hastwell & Lightfoot
Wine Name Fiano
Vintage 2025
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Sands Vineyard | Mark Hastwell & Martin Lightfoot
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Overall Score 87
Judge 1 lemon pith, smidge of reduction and cream, white nectarine juiceiness rounded with a creaminess of texture. well crafted and good length where the fruit still shines through
Judge 2 quiet nose. tucked in. mineral spectrum. herbal leading to bitterness and acidity comes across as angular. mod length. nice saltiness.
Judge 3 deepish colour, some fruit but overlaid by some quite strong, slightly sappy oak aromas and flavours which swamp the fruit
Associate Judge secondary character, lees, skin contact, good acidity balance with nice fruit driven.
Varietal: Fiano, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Schwarzmann, 100%
Soil Type Loam,Sand
Planting Density 1500 Vines / Ha
Planted 2015
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Sustainable
Crop Yeild 7.00 Tonnes / Ha
Rainfall 434 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Plastic 100%
Maturation Plastic 100%
Bottling Date 06 / Mar / 2023
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 100
Force Class False
Winemaker Note James Hastwell