Stats
- Grapes: 100% Sémillon
- Vineyard: Single vineyard in Pokolbin
- Vine Age: 31-years-old
- Soil Type: Sandy alluvial flats and deep loam
- Viticulture: Sustainable
- Fermentation: Native — used French oak (100% whole-bunch pressed)
- Skin Contact: 1.5 days
- Aging: 6 months in used French oak
- Alcohol: 10.5%
- pH: 3.18
- Total Acidity: 7.3 g/L
- Total SO2: None added
- Total Production: 317 cases
Tasting Notes
Lovely texture and weight here. Showing its provenance in the Hunter Valley, this Sémillon has beautiful notes of lemon, lanolin, and sun-drenched hay bale. Vibrant acidity caps it off. Don’t be afraid to age this one; aged Hunter Valley Sémillon is an unmatched vinous pleasure.
Press & Reviews
The Wine Front
93
"Not your usual Semillon here. Real lemonade, green apple and ginger. It’s bright and saline, has a ripe lemon and lemon zing to it, with something of a kombucha tang, a fine powdery texture, and a juicy finish of good length that’s all zesty and tingly. Very good. Feels like a health drink!"
- Gary Walsh
- Gary Walsh
Wine Enthusiast
94
*Editors' Choice*
"A lemon-juice hue, this naturally made, zero-sulfur-added Semillon from the Hunter Valley is a wild yet clean combo of damp hay, wildflower meadow, beeswax and lemon balm. The waxy texture and big lift of pithy, lemony acidity play nicely together in the mouth. It's a characterful and cheese-friendly drop from a sensitive producer that clocks in at just 10.5% alcohol and keeps improving in the bottle days after opening."
- Christina Pickard
"A lemon-juice hue, this naturally made, zero-sulfur-added Semillon from the Hunter Valley is a wild yet clean combo of damp hay, wildflower meadow, beeswax and lemon balm. The waxy texture and big lift of pithy, lemony acidity play nicely together in the mouth. It's a characterful and cheese-friendly drop from a sensitive producer that clocks in at just 10.5% alcohol and keeps improving in the bottle days after opening."
- Christina Pickard