Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	St Aidan Wines
Show	2023
Class	1
Entry Number	1#2
Brand	St Aidan
Wine Name	Ferguson Estate Chardonnay
Vintage	2022
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Jim Campbell-Clause
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Bronze
Judge 1	redgum smoked bacon, peach fuzz, dried peaches, gin & lime, very dry savoury palate, lean but mouth watery, super savoury
Judge 2	Ps dank reduction cream cheese oakspipce mid acid tension apple and lime meandering
Judge 3	Sulphidey lemon pith, grapefruit peel and flesh - tart and sour some midpalate grip that falls a little flay in the end
Associate Judge	Bouncy ball reduction. Light bodied, tight acid, reduction pinches fruit but acid drives the finish.
Associate Judge	strow, lemon pith, cream, vanilla, quite simple. quality oak.

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

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Old Wood 80%
Ferment	New Wood 20%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	22 / Dec / 2022
Closure	Crown Seal
Cases Produced	218
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Kim Horton and Dougal Herd