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Entry Information
Exhibitor Bird in Hand
Show 2014
Class 29
Entry Number 29#15
Brand Bird in Hand
Wine Name Bird in Hand Nero d'Avola
Vintage 2012
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Cellar Door, Online
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1 Concentrated ruby. Immediate vanilla and cherry fruit nose and a little minty. tastes like pannacotta.
Judge 2 Sl medicinal herbs and spice, juicy, more extracted style, lacks length
Judge 3 new(ish) oak, ripe, sweet.. oak dominates, diff to see beyond. Fruit appears dark/dense, oak/tannin lingers. back off wood.
Associate Judge overpowering coconut nose, some throaties underneath, oak dominating, out of balance
Varietal: Nero d'Avola, GI: Adelaide Hills, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Unknown
Growing Method Conventional Certificate: 0
Rainfall 0 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Old Barrel 90%
Maturation New Barrel 10%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 225
Force Class False