Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	DV Sleep & NO Sleep T/As ND Wines
Show	2025
Class	14
Entry Number	14#3
Brand	ND Wines
Wine Name	Albarino
Vintage	2025
Origin	Regional Blend
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Overall Score	91
Judge 1	orange colour, cloudy, textured, saline, complex, chewy, lots of different fruit characters in the after taste
Judge 2	skin contact. frosty fruit, oxidised pineapple, bit of dried sage. lots of orange skin. Freshness and savoury. tangerine. Yes, phenolics are grippy and a bit drying, but there's still a freshness and juiciness here. Nice sweet/savoury interplay. mid length.
Judge 3	Very hazy topaz gold. Almost the colour of a botrytis Riesling. A very clean skind contact nose, nary a sprinkle of VA to be smelled. Compressed flowers, a bit of very fresh button mushroom, some honey. Palate very interesting on this, the tannin is a grower not a shower - diffuse and fullsome. Quite well done. Maybe not mad x-factor skinsy but a good wine.
Associate Judge	Skinsy/flor wine. Palate is delicous - textural and long. No cloying of any characters. Volatility in there but still in check for the style

Varietal: Albariño, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Sand
Elevation	110 Metres above sea level
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Harvest Date	08 / Feb / 2025

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Old Wood 100%
Bottling Date	03 / Oct / 2025
Closure	Cork
Cases Produced	30
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Nick Sleep