Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Mandalay Estate
Show	2017
Class	W3
Entry Number	W3#7
Brand	Mandalay Road
Wine Name	Chardonnay
Vintage	2015
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	CD

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	A bit saw dusty, some resin, fruit a bit veneered. Ages? Mandarin. Has flavour and a Thai lemon grass kaffir character. Nah: galangal. Lively in the mouth. And a mouth-sucking lees finish. A strange one but not without merit.
Judge 2	white stone fruit, charry oak and solids/gunpowder notes at front, tart/slatey acid on palate, oak persist through palate, open ups to give lovely white stone fruit, nashi pear pith, complex
Judge 3	riper spectrum but some nice leesy notes keeps this wine in check. that little bit of ripe lime pulls me away from this wine a bit but still super enticing. acids are spot on, a loose nuttiness stirs interest, finish it's a little short.
Associate Judge	Dollops of creamy vanillin and toasty oak white peach fruit and roasted hazelnuts. A well constructed with plenty of flavour layering and dimension particularly good acidity to carry

Varietal: Chardonnay, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type	Deep,Clay,Loam
Planted	1998
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	4.00 Tonnes / Ha

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Stainless Steel 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	107
Force Class	False