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Entry Information
Exhibitor Brown Family Wine Group
Show 2013
Class 20
Entry Number 20#7
Brand Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Pty Ltd
Wine Name Brown Brothers Limited Release Durif
Vintage 2012
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Brown Brothers Cellar Door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Gold
Judge 1 Hot high alc nose with some unclean characters swimming around. Dulled fruit on the nose and pallet
Judge 2 Excellent deeply saturated colour. Plenty of stuffing here though nose tending towards porty territory. Impressively proportioned and surprising balance for its heft.
Judge 3 wet concrete, rustic, iron like character, quite complex, mouthfull of wine and tannin, but quite a lot of character
Varietal: Durif, GI: Heathcote, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Loam,Volcanic
Elevation 150 Metres above sea level
Planted 2001
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional Certificate: 0
Harvest Date 13 / Mar / 2007
Rainfall 0 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation None 100%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 1400
Force Class False