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Entry Information
ExhibitorCapel Vale Wines
Show2020
ClassWA14
Entry NumberWA14#2
BrandCapel Vale
Wine NameDebut Malbec
Vintage2019
OriginRegional Blend
Commercial LabelYes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / AwardBronze
Judge 1very ripe almost fortified like , OTT
Judge 2Varietal nose, great tannin structure on the palate with juicy fruit that hangs with great ease from the trellis that the tannins have created. Great colour. Jubilant fruit on the palate.
Judge 3christmas cake, dark porty characters, hints on mint and lavender there, bit ur or. nice but bipolar
Associate Judgeripe mulberry and blueberry. a bit aldehyde (?)
Associate JudgeConcentrated berries - ribena, red currenat. Dark currants, juicy and generous silky stream of currants through the whole length. Plumy high pH? Lovely.
Varietal: Malbec, GI: Geographe, 100%
CloneUnknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing MethodConventional
Wine Making Information
FermentOpen Fermenter 100%
MaturationSmall Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date29 / Jan / 2020
ClosureScrew
Cases Produced629
Force ClassFalse
Winemaker NoteDaniel Hetherington