Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Billy Button Wines
Show	2025
Class	43
Entry Number	43#2
Brand	Billy Button
Wine Name	'The Versatile' Vermentino
Vintage	NV
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Tony Ferraro
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Overall Score	88
Judge 1	Oldest wine has melon and lemon/lime curd, drying out a bit on the finish. 2021 lacks a little vitality, simple lemon and saltbush character, nice texture, bitter finish. Youngest wine consistent in character but with a little more intensity. Lacks some persistence. Overall sound wines with consistency
Judge 2	showed good consistency across the wines and oldest wine holding good freshness
Judge 3	Highly encouraging youthful verve to the oldest wine, common traits of delicacy and line.
Judge 4	Tight, quiet with sweet almond and pear in the youngest. Tight structure within a lighter frame. Youthfully closed but defined and etched. 2021 is developing and broadening but has a hardness on the palate which reads mildly oxidative, resulting in a more muted style. Austere? Lovely development of nutty, pastry and savoury with baking spice in the 2015, just tipping into caramel. Some drying phenolics on the back detract. The older wines are in slightly awkward stages
Judge 5	oldest wine quite buttery, younger vintages brighter and more varietal

Varietal: Vermentino, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Deep,Loam
Elevation	200 Metres above sea level
Planted	2009
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation	Stainless Steel 100%
Cases Produced	200
Force Class	False
Winemaking Note	2015, 2021, 2024
Winemaker Note	Glenn James and Jo Marsh