14Th Annual Limestone Coast Wine Show 2014 Index from the Chair
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14th ANNUAL LIMESTONE COAST WINE SHOW 2014 INDEX From The Chair ............................................................................................................................................. 3 Show Regulations ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Trophies ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Interpreting the Results .............................................................................................................................. 12 Trophy Flow Chart ..................................................................................................................................... 13 Judges ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 Statistics and Sponsors ............................................................................................................................... 16 Trophies and Awards ................................................................................................................................. 17 Previous Trophy Winners ............................................................................................................................ 18 2013 Vintage Wines ................................................................................................................................... 22 2012 Vintage Wines ................................................................................................................................... 26 2011 Vintage Wines ................................................................................................................................... 32 2010 Vintage Wines ................................................................................................................................... 40 2009-07 Vintage Wines .............................................................................................................................. 46 Any Vintage Wines .................................................................................................................................... 49 Museum Wines ........................................................................................................................................... 56 Exhibitor Listing ............................................................................................................................................ 59 Special Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................... 62 Local Industry Contacts ............................................................................................................................ 63 OBJECTIVES • To educate, encourage communication and fine tune our wine styles by focusing on absolute quality. • To promote the zone and the regions within. • To promote interest in the quality of wine made from grapes grown in the zone and the regions. GOALS • To educate producers within the region. • To fine tune and evolve the wine styles. GENERAL ENQUIRIES ENTRY ENQUIRIES Ulrich Grey-Smith, PO Box 28, Coonawarra SA 5263 Sean Murphy - Mobile: 0401 054 225 Mobile: 0429 499 355 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.limestonecoastwine.com.au/wineshow 1 Wine Show ‘14’ 14th ANNUAL LIMESTONE COAST WINE SHOW 2014 JUDGING Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th October, 2014 Andrew Wigan – Judging Chairman (Coonawarra Hall) LIMESTONE COAST WINE SHOW TROPHY PRESENTATION DINNER Thursday, 30th October, 2014 (Katnook Woolshed) EXHIBITORS TASTINGS & PUBLIC TASTINGS Friday, 31st October 2014 Exhibitor Tasting 9am - 11.30am Public Tasting 11.30am - 1.30pm ($15 admission including Results Book) Results Book - $10 (Coonawarra Hall) 2014 COMMITTEE Gerard Coote Sean Murphy Stacey Seymour Bruce Gregory Trent Nankivell Bryan Tonkin Greg Foster Sarah Pidgeon Ulrich Grey-Smith (Executive officer) Tony Lees Angela Pomery 2014 JUDGES Andrew Wigan (Chairman of Judges) Fongyee Walker (International Judge) Jane Faulkner David Morris Nick Ryan Stuart Watson 2 FROM THE CHAIR I would firstly like to congratulate and thank all those involved in bringing the wine show to fruition for its 14th year. It takes a whole years work to find and get commitment from Judges, International Judges whose schedules are increasingly busy, securing sponsors, as well as organising venues; glasses; helpers; websites etc etc. It is a big logistics exercise to bring this all together for the wine show week. Grape growing and winemaking in our area currently faces a number of challenges. The Water Allocation plan has been signed off by the minister and we expect to see our volumetric licences next year. This has been a 10 year period of negotiation and representation by the LCGWC water sub committee. We have set up a Fracking sub committee, which is, with the water group, looking at the Wine Industry response to proposals to use fracking in the Limestone Coast as part of unconventional shale gas extraction. Paramount in our position is the protection of our water allocations and water quality. The maintenance of our “clean food and wine from a clean green environment” image and also protection of the Limestone Coast’s $290 million dollar tourist industry. The LCGWC Tech sub-committee continues to apply for funds and fund research, including on going Eutypa work, due to increasing issues of vine decline in our regions, as well as a series of seminars and workshops , including Measurable Flavours in Wine, Benchmark tastings of the major varieties in our regions, The Climate Adaptation Seminar due 11 November and ongoing weather and soil moisture measurement trials using new sensor technology. All of these activities require a lot of volunteer work by many people, however they also require levies funds to run the accounts, insurances, audits, websites and other mandatory requirements for our organisation. Despite the difficult economic environment we are in, I would urge you all to continue to support the above work and the wineshow by maintaining membership of your regional bodies including the LCGWC levy. I would like to acknowledge the contribution to our wine community made by some of our members who have passed away in the last year. Eric Brand the first Patron of Coonawarra, Pete Wehl who with father Bill set up and ran the first vineyard in Mount Benson, and Mark Williams grapegrower in Coonawarra and who operated with his family Williams transport. Lastly I would like to thank Brendan Provis for stepping up to the plate and doing a second term as Chairman over the last year. This was greatly appreciated. Pete Bissell Chairman Limestone Coast Grape and Wine Council 3 Wine Show ‘14’ SHOW REGULATIONS EXHIBITORS ARE REQUESTED TO READ THE REGULATIONS CAREFULLY. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EXHIBITOR TO ENSURE ENTRIES ARE CORRECT. 1. Open to any producer who sources fruit from the Limestone Coast Zone. The Limestone Coast includes all regions within the Limestone Coast Zone of South Australia (See map on front inside cover). 2. All exhibits shall be 85% or greater Limestone Coast and must conform to the Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC) ‘Label Integrity Program’ (LIP). 3. Entry fee of $50 including GST per exhibit must accompany Application for Entry; this entry fee is non- refundable. 4. Each entry shall consist of four (4) x 750ml or equivalent (eight (8) x 375 ml samples in class 30). One dozen extra samples required for gold medal and trophy winners. Commercially labelled stock preferred if available. To be delivered within one month of the end of the wine show. 5. An exhibitor is defined as any Person, Partnership, Company or Body Corporate who or which in the opinion of the Committee: (a) produces wine; or (b) grows grapes and has wine made for the purpose of sale by wholesale or retail under the name or preferred business name of such. 6. All Entries shall bear labels supplied by the Wine Show Committee. Exhibits bearing commercial labels will be accepted. The Wine Show label should not obscure the commercial labels if possible. 7. Entries in the Museum classes 34 & 35 shall be commercially labelled & dressed as well as bear the Wine Show label supplied. The Wine Show label should not obscure the commercial labels if possible. 8. There will be a Trophy for the Best Individual Vineyard Wine. The Individual vineyard wines will be judged amongst the regular exhibits and the Trophy can only be awarded to a gold medal wine. For an exhibit to be considered by the committee as individual vineyard it shall be from a Named single block or vineyard, clearly referred to on the commercial label (front or back) that reflects the link between site and label. The individual block or vineyard shall be a single site, continuous and defined. The wine shall be 85% or greater from this site. Both Entry form and FORM 2 statutory declaration shall be completed and signed for these exhibits. (NOTE - map and labels will be required with FORM 2.) 9. Exhibits are to be packed in cartons clearly stating the exhibitor’s name and class numbers in that carton. The wine show committee will supply bottle labels, detailing class number, entry number, vintage and varietal composition