Description
You are very likely to love this Great Value Hunter Valley Semillon – as Shanteh Wale writes while scoring it 96pts in WinePilot"This is beautifully framed with stainless steel maturation to preserve every detail of crunchy fruit. This will continue to give over more of itself with every year in bottle. For now it is a treat, pair it with seared scallop and cauliflower cream."
In The Halliday Wine Companion, Toni Paterson calls it "A classical Semillon with youthful restraint poised for cellaring. Hand-picked, sorted fruit was whole-bunch pressed with the free run fermented in stainless using neutral yeast and bottled shortly after. Pure lemon-juice aromas. The palate has excellent clarity and citrus flavours, pleasing weight and softness. Although it is lovely now, it will benefit from time in bottle. 95pts. Great Value” (Toni Paterson, The Halliday Wine Companion).
"A Hunter Semillon to savour now, but also to think about laying down for even greater depth. The nose offers graceful notes of lemon citrus, lanolin and lemon blossom, even a hint of honey, then hold tight for a vibrant palate of acid and fruit in tandem: lemon and waxy lanolin notes, honey and nut and some mandarin and grapefruit on the finish."(John Lehmann, The Australian).
It is from 5 red star-rated Briar Ridge "... a model of stability… the comfort of substantial estate vineyards from which it is able to select the best grapes" (Halliday).
