Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Mandalay Estate
Show	2017
Class	WA3
Entry Number	WA3#6
Brand	Mandalay Road
Wine Name	Top Block Zinfandel
Vintage	2015
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Local bottleshps, website

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	Box hedge and raw smelling. Plum rhubarb. All a bit diffuse. And as it tastes, with a slightly singed rhubarb finish.
Judge 2	black fruits, dark chocolate, all spice, violets, leafy a cascade of aromatics, bold palate, juicy, unctuous, ripe plush tannins, velvety, blsnced acid, touch of lift but good. Brambly length, long.
Judge 3	here we go. I can smell a vineyard here. great and varied fruit spectrum, brightness and lightness, vine derived spice, still opulent and bold. Palate is sound, lacks a touch of the crunch I was hoping for. solid and bright. acids are just missing a bit of presence for me.
Associate Judge	Meatiness and ripe red berries complex oak shavings presents well. Juicy palate perhaps a little on jammy side.

Varietal: Zinfandel / Primitivo / Tribidrag, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type	Deep,Clay,Loam
Planted	2001
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	4.00 Tonnes / Ha

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	130
Force Class	False