Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Ferguson Hart Estate
Show	2017
Class	R1
Entry Number	R1#1
Brand	Ferguson Hart Estate
Wine Name	Reserve Shiraz
Vintage	2016
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	FHE

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Gold
Judge 1	A bit too cineole for me. And violet. Forest berry pis and vibrancy in the mouth though.
Judge 2	Pepper, spice, leathery, plum and cherry fruits come to for, touch raspberry, aromatic, grainy, chewy tannins, warmth. good tight, youthful acid backbone. Concentrated lovely vanilla/chocolate oak integration. Very well made, respectful of fruit.
Judge 3	plush and supple, fruit forward, some complexity but heavy and lacks spice ripe, heavy, blocky
Associate Judge	Deep magenta. Mulberry blueberry spice anise. Plummy fruit palate primary fruit directed there's a gap before oak tannin and other features kick in

Varietal: Shiraz, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type	Loam,Gravel,Shallow
Elevation	200 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	2200 Vines / Ha
Planted	1995
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	5.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	26 / Feb / 2016
Rainfall	900 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	17 / Aug / 2017
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	140
Force Class	False