Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Topper's Mountain Wines
Show	2025
Class	18
Entry Number	18#8
Brand	Topper´s Mountain
Wine Name	Keeper Tempranillo Blanco
Vintage	2023
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Mark Kirkby
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Australia

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Overall Score	87
Judge 1	Deeper yellow, nut and toasted corn, a touch of lemon, chamomile tea, creaminess to the palate in texture and flavour. Interesting wine.
Judge 2	Light straw. Some green highlights. Burny sulphur up front is off putting. Lemon, white melon, spiced pear. Hard edges on the palate, a little short and simple. Pleasant dry white all the same
Judge 3	Baked sweets / sweet pastry and apricot blossom. Pear, faint peach, stony palate. Astringency is of note - unusually forward on the palate... curious - varietal?
Associate Judge	Custard apple, quince - broader fruit. Flattened palate, oxidative handling. Savoury, touch warm.

Varietal: Tempranillo, GI: New England Australia, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: 101-14, 100%
Soil Type	Basalt,Deep,Loam,Volcanic
Elevation	900 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	2424 Vines / Ha
Planted	2002
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	9.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	02 / May / 2022

Wine Making Information
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	15 / Jan / 2023
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	90
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Jan Taborsky