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Entry Information
Exhibitor Billy Button Wines
Show 2014
Class 8
Entry Number 8#17
Brand Billy Button Wines
Wine Name 'The Happy' Gerwurztraminer
Vintage 2014
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability www.billybuttonwines.com.au
Judging Results
Medal / Award Bronze
Judge 1 Pretty floral lift, sweet honey, smoky edge, little bit wet dirt fungal note on nose, fresh acid, some spice, fine tannin, good balance
Judge 2 slight dirtiness on nose, lacks fruit intensity
Judge 3 Touch of the sweet/sours, but drinkability
Associate Judge bright fruit nose, nice mid weight palate, nice drink, but maybe doesn't highlight variety enough?
Varietal: Gewurztraminer, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Deep,Loam
Elevation 300 Metres above sea level
Planted 1989
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Harvest Date 23 / Feb / 2014
Rainfall 1000 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Stainless Steel 50%
Ferment Wood 50%
Maturation Old Barrel 50%
Maturation None 50%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 25
Force Class False