Chief judge Nick Bulleid has his work cut out with another top flight of potential gold-medal reds. Source: PerthNow
Chinese judge Fongyee Walker gets stuck into some wine judging in Mt Barker for the Qantas Wine Show. Source: PerthNow
AS our wine industry prepares to salute the state's best drops at the Qantas Wine Show of WA at the Hyatt this Friday, we can reveal some of the gold-medal winners from the judging in Mt Barker earlier this month.
Judges had their work cut out this year, with more than 1000 wines submitted for entry on the back of another top vintage in the west, with the cabernet, riesling and chardonnay classes particularly strong.
It's not possible for every judge to rate every wine, so they are split into three groups - each panel having two associate judges, a panel leader and two judges scoring around 350 wines over three days.
The state's premier wine show is now in its 35th year and judges the best of WA-grown wines. From only six classes in 1978, the show now includes 42 classes and 17 trophies, including the prestigious best wine of show.
After a class is judged, the panel compares scores and any wine pointed 18.5 or above is re-poured for another tasting and dissection before chief judge Nick Bulleid and the panel decide which win gold.
The whole judging process is neither easy nor that pleasant; swirling, sniffing and spitting 60 cabernets at 8am may sound enticing but teeth go black within hours (and shouldn't be brushed until the next morning) and constant concentration is needed all day.
Luckily experience is always on hand - our panel included James Halliday's right hand man Ben Edwards, 2012 Gourmet Traveller Winemaker of the Year Virginia Willcock from Vasse Felix, riesling maestro Don Young and leading wine critic and judge Peter Forrestal.
* Taste the state's best at the Top 50 Tasting this Thursday, Hyatt Regency, $50. Bookings through wineshowwa.com.au or email suraj.naik@hyatt.com or telephone 9225 1204.
OUR PANEL'S TOP 10 (in no particular order)
Our panel tried only a proportion of the wines but, of the 52 gold medals awarded, we came across 22. Here's our top 10 rated gold medal winners:
2011 Credaro Beach Head Shiraz ($19)
2008 Houghton CW Ferguson Cabernet Sauvignon ($55)
2009 Evans & Tate Frankland River Riesling ($25)
2009 Palandri 3 Oceans Vita Novus Shiraz ($35)
2010 Deep Woods Reserve Cabernet ($45)
2011 Mandoon Old Vine Shiraz ($22)
2007 Houghton CW Ferguson Cabernet Malbec ($55)
2012 Plantagenet Riesling ($25)
2011 Gralyn Estate Reserve Chardonnay ($55)
2012 Larry Cherubino Ad Hoc Riesling ($18)
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