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Exhibitor Oliver's Taranga Vineyards
Show 2014
Class 24
Entry Number 24#11
Brand Oliver's Taranga Vineyards
Wine Name Oliver's Taranga Sagrantino
Vintage 2011
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Oliver's Taranga Vineyards, 246 Seaview Road, McLaren Vale
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1 Very dark, maturing ruby. Really iifted, perfumed and sweet with a hint of leather and spice. gripping rich fruit with full spread. It is all power and density and little finesse. you wouldn't finish the bottle. oxidised?
Judge 2 dark colour some browing; very ripe fruit lacking freshness; drying on the finish
Judge 3 Some sulphide dominates opening, ground coffee, 'maritime'.. opens to spice/leather. Palate smooth, tannins resolving, acid soft. Nice fruits - savoury/sweet. H2S blows off.
Associate Judge ripe plum and leather nose, softer fruit opening on palate, acid/tannin finish, dusty medium bodied, riper, age? boozy but goes with territory
Varietal: Sagrantino, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone MAT 4, Roostock: 110 Richter, 100%
Soil Type Limestone/Calcareous,Loam,Shallow
Elevation 100 Metres above sea level
Planted 2004
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional Certificate: 0
Crop Yeild 2.80 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 09 / Mar / 2010
Rainfall 0 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Wood 100%
Maturation Old Large Format 100%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 500
Force Class False