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Entry Information
Exhibitor Willow Bridge Estate
Show 2022
Class 8
Entry Number 8#10
Brand Willow Bridge Estate
Wine Name Coat of Arms Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2020
Origin Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name Jim Campbell Clause
Commercial Label Yes
Availability cellar door
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1 sl stale tanky, riper black fruits jammy almost seaweed stale coffee, big extracted tannins OTT fruit
Judge 2 Smoky aromatics and lacking freshness, the palate finishes chewy and drying tannins
Judge 3 Paddy, forward palate, dried out and stripped, mousy
Associate Judge smoky nose, blows of some, dark fruits, hints of dried herbs similar on palate, fruit little thin on finish
Associate Judge Nice varietal typicity in this wine, dark inky fruits are met with a tomato leaf, Tabaco character. Lovely structure to the wine with woven tannin and well packed oak. Finishes with length.
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon, GI: Geographe, 95%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type Clay,Sand
Growing Method Conventional
Varietal: Malbec, GI: Geographe, 5%
Clone Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing Method Conventional
Wine Making Information
Ferment New Wood 20%
Ferment Old Wood 80%
Maturation Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date 28 / Jul / 2021
Closure Screw
Cases Produced 280
Force Class False
Winemaker Note Kim Horton and Dougal Herd