Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Zerella Wines
Show	2014
Class	29
Entry Number	29#18
Brand	Zerella Wines
Wine Name	La Gita Nero d'Avola
Vintage	2013
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Goodwood Cellars/Fall From Grace

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Overall Score	85
Judge 1	Deep, almost opaque crimson. vanilla laced dark fruit with a herbal note to it. sweet fruit but lacking in definition and with liquorice notes on the finish. unbalanced.
Judge 2	Red fruit nose, cherry, dark colour, cherry pip, mouth coating tannins
Judge 3	subdued blackfruits. Palate choc-cherry, nice mouthfeel. Soft acid, tannins too. Fruit good, earth/game, spice and blackfruited. ripe-ish style.
Associate Judge	dark broody berry nose with tarry notes and spice, a touch too ripe, alcohol out of balance, a bit flat

Varietal: Nero d'Avola, GI: McLaren Vale, 100%
Clone	MAT 1, Roostock: Merlot, 100%
Soil Type	Sand
Elevation	59 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	1474 Vines / Ha
Planted	2011
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	8.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	09 / Mar / 2013
Rainfall	600 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Old Large Format 100%
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	90
Force Class	False