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Exhibitor Mount Towrong Vineyard
Show 2025
Class 6
Entry Number 6#12
Brand Mount Towrong
Wine Name Grillo
Vintage 2024
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Richard Bylaardt
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Overall Score 86
Judge 1 A fresh, yeasty nose with a light spritz. Fruit-forward with floral, citrus and apple in a new wave style. Bright and light.
Judge 2 Some retained DCO2. Warm yellowish straw. Nose is slightly caramelised pineappleish, like a slab of Golden Circle on the grill. Fleshy mid weight palate, pleasant but a coarse finish.
Judge 3 Medium gold, nose of heady blossom and peach stone fruit, palate ripe and concentrated, quite simple but appealing, finishing on a savoury chalky mineral note.
Associate Judge geranium floral, marmalade, grapefruit peel. geranium leaf character doms
Varietal: Grillo (DNA tested), GI: Murray Darling Vic, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Silt
Elevation 50 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 2500 Vines / Ha
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation Stainless Steel 100%
Bottling Date 08 / Dec / 2024
Closure Diam
Cases Produced 400
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Adam Paleg