Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Fifth Estate Wines
Show	2018
Class	W3
Entry Number	W3#2
Brand	Fifth Estate Wines
Wine Name	Chardonnay
Vintage	2017
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Select Liquor Stores, onsite.

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Judge 1	bright golden hues, rich ripe nectarine and juice, silky almost slippery palate, ol skool
Judge 2	pretty golden, pretty sweet and overblown, a touch ott. and sunny. lots of oak there too.
Judge 3	Toasty, banoffee pie, white stone fruit, lovely finish and lingering flavours. Great length. Some slate mineraltiy, bay leaf, red apple skin and white pepper. Powerful and yet precise.
Associate Judge	almonds, lemons, a little flinty, grapefruit, ok length good acid
Associate Judge	Sufildy, good complexity and lime. Sulfides are a touch hard in this wine, nice weight on either side of sulfide backbone, good texture, mealy mouthfeel. OK

Varietal: Chardonnay, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Loam
Elevation	35 Metres above sea level
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Harvest Date	18 / Feb / 2016
Rainfall	26 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest

Wine Making Information
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	128
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Peter Stanlake