WIN E A W A R D S WELCOME The Perth Royal Wine Awards are Western Australia’s premium wine competition, overseen by a prestigious team of WA, interstate and international judges. Wine has been judged at the Perth Royal Show since 1843 and the competition is regarded as critical to the success of establishing a national and even international reputation for the WA wine industry. WINE ENTRIES 1468 AWA INE RD W S The Royal Agricultural Society of WA (RASWA) expresses its sincere thanks to our entrants of the 2020 Perth Royal Wine Awards and wishes them every success in the future. David Thomas President, RASWA Peter Cooper CEO, RASWA Senior Competition and Event Coordinator Jodie Spirek (08) 6263 3100 | [email protected] Competition and Event Coordinator Kellie Clements (08) 6263 3100 | [email protected] PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS COMMITTEE Councillor in Charge John Snowball Committee Members Arch Kosovich, Glenn Goodall, Courtney Treacher, Bill Keane, Tony Devitt, Don Chipper PERTH ROYAL FOOD AWARDS COMMITTEE Councillor in Charge Dr. Jo Pluske Councillors Natasha Atkinson, Dr. Catherine Bowen, Bill Keane, Andrew Williams 2020 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE 3 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS The Royal Agricultural Society of WA gratefully acknowledges the Sponsors throughout the 2020 Perth Royal Wine Awards SUPPORTING PARTNER TROPHY PARTNERS 4 2020 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE CHIEF JUDGE Rob DILETTI Robert has been part of Castle Rock Estate since its inception in 1981. He can still remember helping plant the first vines as a six-year-old in 1983. Many a school holiday and weekend was spent helping his parents on the vineyard. In 1995, he enrolled in the Charles Sturt University winemaking course, graduating in 1998. After finishing his studies, Rob worked at Mountadam and Alkoomi, completed a vintage in Alsace, France and then returned to Castle Rock Estate to design and build the winery with his family. Rob has been a wine judge at the Perth Royal Wine Awards, Sydney Wine Show, and National Canberra Wine Show and Qantas Wine Show of Western Australia. As well as receiving many awards for his wines, Rob also has achieved many personal accolades including being a finalist in Gourmet Traveller Winemaker of the Year Awards in 2012 and was the inaugural Wine Maker of the Year in James Halliday’s 2015 Wine Companion. 2020 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE 5 PANEL CHAIRS Arch Cath Glenn KOSOVICH OATES GOODALL Arch is the winemaker at the Cath studied business/ Glenn is the Senior Winemaker at family winery, John Kosovich viticulture at Curtin University Xanadu Wines in Margaret River. Wines, where he oversees wines followed by Oenology at the He has an intuitive approach made from their Swan Valley University of Adelaide. Her to making wines, with a deep and Pemberton vineyards. international career included respect for the vineyard. Established in 1922 it is one of Group Winemaker at Mud the states oldest wineries. Arch House Wine Group (NZ), Chief Glenn is an experienced has judged for 20 years and Winemaker at Plantagenet winemaker with well over 30 experienced with a wide range of Estate and flying winemaker vintages under his belt including wine styles and their production. gigs in Italy and USA. She left Australia, Bordeaux, South Africa, sensible employment in 2015 New Zealand and California. Arch is currently a member of to focus on making Oates Ends, Glenn moved to Margaret River the Perth Royal Wine Awards wines from the intergenerational in 1998 and took on the senior committee as well as the family farming property in winemaking role at Xanadu Wines Singapore Airlines Swan Valley Margaret River and run her late in 2005. Wine Show committee. consulting business. Glenn has been a senior wine Cath is Deputy Chair at Wine show judge for many years Australia and is a past VP of and has achieved numerous WoWA Australia and President accolades during his time at the of GSWPA and MRWA. helm of Xanadu. He is a Jimmy She is passionate about a Watson trophy winner, a finalist in sustainable Australian Wine the 2013 Gourmet Traveller WINE Industry and currently Chairs Winemaker of the Year Awards AGWi’s Sustainability Advisory and was named Winemaker of the Committee. A keen international Year in the 2015 West Australian wine show judge Cath is also Wine Guide. studying the Master of Wine qualification to feed her ongoing love affair with wine. 6 2020 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE PANEL CHAIRS Rob Ross Severine MANN PAMMENT LOGAN Rob worked throughout Ross has involved in the wine Severine grew up in the Loire Australia and Italy in winemaking industry for over 30 years. Valley. After graduating from a roles for the Hardy wine He studied wine science at Bachelor degree of Oenology company culminating in Senior Charles Sturt University, worked from Toulouse University, she Winemaker position at Hardy’s several vintages in Burgundy, spent five years working across Tintara in 2004. He moved to and recently ended a 20-year multiple regions in France Cape Mentelle in Margaret River winemaking career at Houghton including Bordeaux, Alsace, in 2005 as Senior Winemaker Wines in Western Australia. Corsica and Burgundy. and in 2007 as Estate Director During his time at Houghton, holding that position until 2014 he was awarded the inaugural In 1995, Severine travelled to when the role of Estate Director Gourmet Traveler Young Australia to work vintage at for Newton Vineyards in Napa Winemaker of the Year in 2001. Brown Brothers in Victoria. The Valley enticed Rob and his Among the finalists for the next year, she moved to Western family to move to California for Australian Winemaker of the Year Australia, where she worked for four vintages and later returning in 2008 and awarded Winemaker the next five years. She spent to Australia in 2017 with his of the Year in Ray Jordan’s 2017 another six years as winemaker wife Genevieve and two boys Annual West Australian Wine for Rosemount Estates in the to focus on the family wine Guide. A Len Evans Scholar in Hunter Valley before joining business Corymbia. 2004, Ross has extensive judging Watershed in Margaret River in experience at Capital City 2007 as Head Winemaker. and Regional Wine Shows In 2019, Severine was appointed within Australia. Chief Winemaker for Calneggia Family Vineyards crafting wines for the Rosabrook, Bunkers and Calneggia brands. She has completed the AWAC course, and in 2014, she was a scholar of the Len Evans Tutorial. Severine has judging experience in France, Wine Show of WA, Swan Valley, Perth Hills and Rutherglen Wine Shows as well as Hobart and Perth Royal Wine Awards. 2020 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE 7 JUDGES Andrew Andrew Ann Marie CHERRY DAWSON TAMBURRI Having completed a degree Andrew is head winemaker at Ann Marie has been working in Materials Science from the Latitude 34 Wine Company in the family’s wine store La University of Western Australia, in Margaret River where he Vigna for over 15 years. She has Andrew completed a Post makes wine from the beautiful been associated with the liquor Graduate Diploma in Oenology Blackwood Valley as well as industry all her life as part of the at the University of Adelaide Margaret River. A wandering family business. and then worked for three years Victorian, he completed in the Clare Valley. He also vintages in Napa, Oregon, Ann Marie now runs La Vigna, one worked in Europe for vintages Germany and the Yarra Valley of Perth’s leading Independent in Tuscany and Beaujolais. before settling in WA. He’s Wine Stores, which has been Since 2010 he has been Chief completed the AWAC and WSET run by the Tamburri family for Winemaker at Alkoomi Wines in Diploma and judged in a few over 20 years. Frankland River, WA. wine shows. Having judged at Perth Hills, In the past, Andrew has judged Swan Valley, Wine Show of WA, at the Wine Show of Western Geographe and the Perth Royal Australia, the Perth Royal Wine Wine Awards, Ann Marie has Awards, the Royal Hobart been an essential independent Wine Show, the Canberra voice in Western Australia. International Riesling Challenge, Ann Marie regularly visits wine- the Clare Valley Wine Show and growing regions and producers in Winestate Magazine. Australia and overseas, and has a strong passion and interest in the wine industry. 8 2020 PERTH ROYAL WINE AWARDS RESULTS CATALOGUE JUDGES Brendan Colby Damian CARR QUIRK HUTTON Brendan has been part of the Colby is experienced across all In 1987 at the age of 15, Damian winemaking team at Xanadu, scales of winemaking production started in the vineyards at Margaret River since 2012. from Australian Vintage Ltd, Houghton Wines, under the During this period the team has Lindemans, Rosemount Estate, guidance of uncle Ron Page, culminated 185 gold medals and Trentham Estate, Lambert during school holidays. 61 trophies across the Australian Bridge (Sonoma, USA) Chandon show circuit, including the 2018 Australia, Faber Vineyard and Damian went to Hardy’s Tintara Jimmy Watson Trophy and the Sittella wines. in McLarenvale in 1997, to work last six consecutive Cabernet alongside Larry Cherubino and trophies at the National Colby has a strong focus on Robb Mann, under the guidance Wine Show. developing Western Australian of Stephen Pannell for the 1997- Sparkling Wine and making 2000 Vintages. During which Brendan has gained invaluable premium wine from WA’s cool to time, he returned to full-time experience working for local and hot climate regions. study at Adelaide University to international wineries. Vintages study Oenology. As part of the in New Zealand, France, Canada, course, he returned to Houghtons Chile and Hungary have been to work under Larry Cherubino instrumental in gaining knowledge and Ross Pamment.