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Entry Information
Exhibitor Willow Bridge Estate
Show 2018
Class R3
Entry Number R3#10
Brand Willow Bridge
Wine Name Dragonfly Grenache Shiraz Mataro
Vintage 2017
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability cellar door
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 nice colour, complex spicy nose, blood plums , palate little frontal some drying tannins but gd
Judge 2 pretty oaky, little maderised, touch sweet fruited yet dried out, its the oak really, good wine none the less
Judge 3 Blackcurrant, sweet vanilla palate. Tannic and not very long. Black berry fruit it sweet.
Associate Judge white pepper, violets, pretty forest fruits, quite elegant, spicy palate, sumac, powdery tannins good length
Associate Judge coconut, touch contrived oak lactone characters, juicy, bouncy fruit, quite dense and obvious oak influences,
Varietal: Grenache / Garnacha, GI: Geographe, 41%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam,Gravel
Elevation 270 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1100 Vines / Ha
Planted 2015
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Varietal: Shiraz, GI: Geographe, 39%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam,Gravel
Elevation 280 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1100 Vines / Ha
Planted 1997
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Varietal: Mataro / Mourvèdre / Monastrell, GI: Geographe, 20%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam,Gravel
Elevation 240 Metres above sea level
Planting Density 1100 Vines / Ha
Planted 2016
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 01 / Sep / 2018
Closure Crown Seal
Cases Produced 320
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Kim Horton/Dougal Herd