Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Willow Bridge Estate
Show	2024
Class	3
Entry Number	3#7
Brand	Willow Bridge Estate
Wine Name	Bookends Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
Vintage	2023
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Jim Campbell-Clause
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Silver
Judge 1	Yellow plums and lemon sherbet - clean pithy with saline acid tension and a mandarin wrap
Judge 2	VPS toast and flint pineapple and lime good saline acid oak complexing
Judge 3	vanilla pastry oak on top of passionfruit thiols. A good solid fume style with weight and texture oak a touch over done but can see the goal here
Associate Judge	A big whack of oak on the nose. fresh acid lifts it and carries the green SB pyrazine features through a rich creamy wines
Associate Judge	Masculine edges. Feminine touch. Entrusting. Meadow flowers. Herbs. Fruit power. Restraint. Textural. Flinty.

Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc, GI: Geographe, 67%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Gravel
Growing Method	Conventional

Varietal: Sémillon, GI: Geographe, 33%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: NONE - Own Roots, 100%
Soil Type	Clay,Gravel
Growing Method	Conventional

Wine Making Information
Ferment	New Wood 15%
Ferment	Old Wood 85%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	19 / Aug / 2022
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	250
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Kim Horton and Dougal Herd