Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Fifth Estate Wines
Show	2023
Class	1
Entry Number	1#8
Brand	Fifth Estate Wines Chardonnay 2021
Wine Name	Chardonnay
Vintage	2021
Origin	Single Vineyard
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	sl golden, very smoky smoked meats, almost burnt stata, major creamy texture, saline note, so much oak and sulfide though- its alot. DO like the saline and all the trimmings,
Judge 2	Ps funk solids rich char entry little hot and distracting orange flesh mid and melon finish
Judge 3	Smokey vanilla, reducitve notes with fresh meyer lemons, ripe peaches and tinned pineapples - bigger style, plush in the mouthfeel - acid tension stops this from being cloying - col? bal?
Associate Judge	Funky, pork scratchings. Balanced. Nice texture, good acid line. Savoury, salty finish.
Associate Judge	light lemon, smoky and gunpowdery, toasted coconut shell, custard pie, lemon castard. apple carael

Varietal: Chardonnay, GI: , 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Elevation	35 Metres above sea level
Growing Method	Conventional

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Old Wood 75%
Ferment	New Wood 25%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	106
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Peter Stanlake