Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	St Aidan Wines
Show	2022
Class	1
Entry Number	1#14
Brand	St Aidan
Wine Name	Ferguson Chardonnay
Vintage	2020
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Jim Campbell-Clause
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability	Cellar door

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	lifted sulfite, cheesy lanolin, smoke and toast, good line and drive and good funk on the palate, mouthwatery
Judge 2	Reductive, matchstick and flinty elements. Lifted with lanoline, citrus pity palate, good acid to support
Judge 3	Wet hessian bag sweetness to palate, dank sweet oak, cured meat reduction, finish little hot, oily sweetness
Associate Judge	sweaty green nose green nectarine palate
Associate Judge	Matchstick sulfides on the nose but hard to get past a distinct wet cabbage note throughout the wine. Back palate feels green and the phenolics are unforgiving.

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

Wine Making Information
Ferment	New Wood 20%
Ferment	Old Wood 80%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	150
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Damien Hutton