Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Aquila Audax Enterprises
Show	2025
Class	21B
Entry Number	21B#4
Brand	Fighting Gully Road
Wine Name	Block 2 Sangiovese
Vintage	2023
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Mark Walpole
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award
Overall Score	84
Judge 1	Leading with sweet vanilla and plush fruit, the oak flavours dominate the palate. Wood tannins add a drying texture to the otherwise creamy finish.
Judge 2	Bright cherry hue. Some stalkishness suggesting a % of whole bunch. You'd blind it as Pinot. Palate is cheery and red fruited. I don't expect to see whole bunch in SNG but the wine is perfectly fun and fresh, good acid etc.
Judge 3	Overt oak cedar on nose and palate, drying bitter tannins
Associate Judge	herbal, clove dried. caramel oak dominates palate, dried petal, dried fruits. has red cheery drive but oak sits ontop smoky finish

Varietal: Sangiovese, GI: Beechworth, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: 99 Richter, 100%
Soil Type	Loam,Quartz,Shale
Elevation	550 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	2020 Vines / Ha
Planted	1997
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Sustainable
Crop Yeild	5.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	25 / Mar / 2017

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Old Wood 100%
Maturation	Large Format Oak 50%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 50%
Bottling Date	28 / Jan / 2019
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	150
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Mark Walpole