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Entry Information
Exhibitor Smallwater Estate
Show 2020
Class WA13
Entry Number WA13#3
Brand Smallwater Estate
Wine Name Zinfandel
Vintage 2019
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Bruce Dukes
Commercial Label Yes
Availability Yes
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 nice colour, dark fruited, oak , good drive and lenght but oak is OTT?
Judge 2 Coffee grounds, cocoa nib, juicy purple fruit, suave texture. This is brilliant. Balance.
Judge 3 decent, some gamey notes, malleable tannin, good drink. lacking fruit drive
Associate Judge red fruit together with some sweet oak profile, smooth tannins.
Associate Judge Lovely rich generous palate, fine oak tannins supporting ripe berries, xmas cake flavours.
Varietal: Zinfandel / Primitivo / Tribidrag, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Loam,Granite
Planting Density 1800 Vines / Ha
Planted 1993
Irrigation Dripper
Growing Method Sustainable
Crop Yeild 5.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date 12 / Mar / 2016
Rainfall 930 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest
Wine Making Information
Ferment Old Wood 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 310
Force Class False