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Entry Information
Exhibitor Harvey River Estate Pty Ltd
Show 2022
Class 14B
Entry Number 14B#3
Brand Harvey River Estate
Wine Name Montepulciano
Vintage 2021
Origin Single Vineyard
Commercial Label Yes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award Silver
Judge 1 creamed berry icecream, some sulfide H2S, very primary, licorice and choc, extract high, interest
Judge 2 Deep red hue, vibrant colour. Spicey, cured meats and plummy fruit. Very spicy. Dense and ripe, with inky density and cocoa tannins.
Judge 3 Dark opaque colour, dark cocoa dust, bitchumen tar, fruit weight to back it up, plump fruit, reigned in all elements well saddle?
Associate Judge dark fruits, little reduced, earthy, dried herbs on nose, dark, inky fruits on palate touch of iodine
Associate Judge Soft dark fruit and dark chocolate, nice spice adds complexity and the mid palate weight gives the wine great depth of flavour. Salumi and meat sitting in the background and tannin woven well into the fruit.
Varietal: Montepulciano, GI: Geographe, 100%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 01 / Dec / 2021
Closure Crown Seal
Cases Produced 40
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Stuart Pierce