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Entry Information
ExhibitorAll Saints Estate
Show2019
Class21
Entry Number21#11
BrandAll Saints Estate
Wine NameFamily Cellar Durif
Vintage2015
OriginSingle Vineyard
Commercial LabelYes
AvailabilityAll Saints Estate Cellar Door & All Saints Estate website
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1Mid red, lashings of vanillin oak, porty and overoaked
Judge 2sweet spice, hot red fruit, VA, confectionary, lean and lacking spice to lift the sweet fruit.
Judge 3Brick red hue. Aldehyde lets this wine down. Weight and structure seems in balance.
Associate Judgedeep red, slightly alcoholic and aged but good structure with balanced tannins.
Varietal: Durif, GI: Rutherglen, 100%
CloneUnknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil TypeSand,Loam
Elevation150 Metres above sea level
Planting Density1666 Vines / Ha
Planted1994
IrrigationDripper
Growing MethodConventional
Harvest Date20 / Mar / 2015
Wine Making Information
FermentOpen Fermenter 100%
MaturationSmall Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date18 / Oct / 2018
ClosureScrew
Cases Produced416
Force ClassFalse
Winemaker NoteNick Brown, Chloe Earl