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Entry Information
ExhibitorPfeiffer Wines
Show2016
Class20
Entry Number20#1
BrandPfeiffer Wines
Wine NameDurif
Vintage2014
OriginRegional Blend
Commercial LabelYes
AvailabilityPfeiffer Wines cellar door
Judging Results
Medal / AwardGold
Judge 1chocolate, Fritz, intense fruit, good persistence, tad overextracted
Judge 2Deep inky, savoury nose, bacon, garrigue herbs, juicy plum and blackberry fruit, with some dried prune; shower of fine but present tannins - a plume on the finish. Dry expression of fruit in a good way. V serious/brooding.
Judge 3deep colour balanced ripeness and oak some coating and chewy tannins but in check some flesh and anise
Associate JudgeNice col, reduced, lactones and dark bramble fruits. Fresh but nearly too cooked. Fat pal, swathey, prickly tannins but slurpy. typical. great pal.
Varietal: Durif, GI: Rutherglen, 100%
CloneUnknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil TypeLoam
Elevation165 Metres above sea level
IrrigationDripper
Growing MethodConventional
Wine Making Information
FermentStainless Steel 60%
FermentOpen Fermenter 20%
FermentWood 20%
MaturationSmall Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date23 / Dec / 2015
ClosureScrew
Cases Produced541
Force ClassFalse