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Entry Information
Exhibitor Maxwell Wines
Show 2014
Class 23
Entry Number 23#17
Brand Maxwell Wines
Wine Name Whistle Stop Malbec
Vintage 2013
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Maxwell Wines Cellar Door
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Overall Score 80
Judge 1 bret
Judge 2 Brett, vanillian, rich blueberry fruits, metallic finish
Judge 3 Dark brooding fruit, sl oxidative style, palate dries out at the end
Associate Judge intense violets and black fruit, concentrated palate, good acid balance, nice mouthfeel, savouriness, pleasant hard herbsintegrated oak. Bright yet serious.
Varietal: Malbec, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Harvest Date 14 / Mar / 2013
Rainfall 0 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Old Barrel 100%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 200
Force Class False