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Entry Information
Exhibitor Harcourt Valley Vineyards
Show 2013
Class 24
Entry Number 24#9
Brand Harcourt Valley Vineyards
Wine Name Limited Release Malbec
Vintage 2012
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Winebank on View
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Very bright and lifted and fresh vibrant fruit lift. Some rusty chary oak and rich meaty palate and texture ... very nice
Judge 2 Lifted and perfumed berry fruits flowing into a palate that has quite assertive tannins and perhaps lacks a little generosity of fruit.
Judge 3 spicey, aromatic, sl stalky, sl jubey, drying tannins, mouth-filling, loads of character and earthy
Varietal: Malbec, GI: Bendigo, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Loam,Sand
Elevation 420 Metres above sea level
Planted 1991
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional Certificate: 0
Crop Yeild 8.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 25 / Apr / 2012
Rainfall 0 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation New Barrel 30%
Maturation Old Barrel 70%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 54
Force Class False