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Entry Information
ExhibitorFerngrove Wines
Show2022
Class30
Entry Number30#8
BrandFerngrove
Wine NameBlack Label Malbec
Vintage2021
OriginRegional Blend
Commercial LabelYes
Availability
Judging Results
Medal / Award
Judge 1blue fruits, formic acid character, but sweet and sour. shortish, lacks flow
Judge 2sweet icing sugar fruit, lack of complexity and structure.
Judge 3Black fruit punch with leafy notes of wild strawberries - unctuous follow through - big fruit, big tannin, big oak
Associate JudgeShowing more like a Shiraz, lacking varietal tannin definition, sold red wine but not seeing the variety.
Varietal: Malbec, GI: Great Southern, 94.3%
CloneUnknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing MethodConventional
Varietal: Shiraz, GI: Great Southern, 5%
CloneUnknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing MethodConventional
Varietal: Grenache / Garnacha, GI: Great Southern, 0.7%
CloneUnknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Growing MethodConventional
Wine Making Information
FermentStainless Steel 100%
MaturationStainless Steel 100%
Cases Produced1200
Force ClassFalse
Winemaker NoteCraig Grafton