Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Talisman Wines
Show	2018
Class	W3
Entry Number	W3#8
Brand	Talisman
Wine Name	'Gabrielle' Chardonnay
Vintage	2017
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	nice pale colour, herbal edged funk and sea breeze, fine strucrual palate with great acidity, finishes with oak ?
Judge 2	nice, gun flint, fireworks funk, some good spice. wfsf, lots of tropical jungle juice rindy fruits, oak high, good wine. tension.
Judge 3	Nose is all savoury spice - saffron, hints of smokey paprika, brine, grilled peach, red apple skin. None of the pink grapefruit/pink peppercorn/curry leaf that would transcend it to the next level... the palate is clean and fresh, perhaps the fruit lacks the concentration I would expect from the nose. Slippery.
Associate Judge	toasted almonds, sesame, matchstick. lemon going into grapefuits, lean good texture, ok length
Associate Judge	Creamy, delicious oatey, lovely generous yet delicate acid, Savoury wine with mealiness/ creaminess through. great texture. Nice new world style. well done

Varietal: Chardonnay, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method	Conventional

Wine Making Information
Cases Produced	380
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Peter Stanlake