Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Muto Wine
Show	2025
Class	19
Entry Number	19#8
Brand	Muto Wine
Wine Name	Close Contact
Vintage	2025
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Bruce Bassham
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Overall Score	90
Judge 1	Golden colour, lifted almost botrytised nose, orange skin, muscat like, lots of phenolic interest, dry firm finish
Judge 2	perfumed and aromatic. Melon, guava, pretty rose petal jam, lychee, jasmine, bit of ginger too. very inviting with a backbone of light toast. mid body, slightly lucious and curvacious, great acid drive and layered full spectrum phenolics and savoury interplay. Plenty of interest, balanced and long. A versatile wine.
Judge 3	Mid warm straw. Smells like valfrutta apricot nectar, so must be Viognier with some mates. The innate tannin of Viognier is quite well managed here, as it is kernelly but not drying. It's a lot, but it's not badly done. Sits well in glass, popping up to mid silver.
Associate Judge	dried apricot and vegetal. nice talciness which quells the sugar a bit. Good acid although the wine does finish with a slight square shape

Varietal: Malvasia Bianca, GI: Riverland, 30%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Limestone/Calcareous,Loam,Sand
Elevation	29 Metres above sea level
Planted	2010
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Biodynamic Certificate: 24073
Harvest Date	27 / Feb / 2025

Varietal: Macabeo / Viura, GI: Riverland, 29%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Limestone/Calcareous,Loam,Sand
Elevation	29 Metres above sea level
Planted	2010
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Biodynamic Certificate: 24073
Harvest Date	27 / Feb / 2025

Varietal: Picpoul, GI: Riverland, 23%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Limestone/Calcareous,Loam,Sand
Elevation	29 Metres above sea level
Planted	2010
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Biodynamic Certificate: 24073
Harvest Date	27 / Feb / 2025

Varietal: Moscato Giallo, GI: Riverland, 18%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Limestone/Calcareous,Loam,Sand
Elevation	29 Metres above sea level
Planted	2010
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Biodynamic Certificate: 24073
Harvest Date	18 / Feb / 2025

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Plastic 100%
Maturation	Plastic 75%
Maturation	Stainless Steel 25%
Bottling Date	17 / Sep / 2025
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	244
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Waldo Smit