Category Archives: Semillon

2006 Thomas Cellar Reserve Braemore Semillon

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Every time I drink a good aged Hunter Semillon I’m reminded of the fact that I just don’t have enough of the stuff in my cellar. I’m starting to rectify that now and I’ll be latching onto a few bottles … Continue reading →

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2008 De Bortoli Noble One

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Riverina 10.0% Screwcao 375ml $32 It’s rare that an Australian dessert wine excites me. The last to do so was Brown Brother’s 2006 Patricia Noble Riesling. Brilliant stuff – I’ve downed around four bottles in the last two years. The 2008 Noble … Continue reading →

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2004 Meerea Park Alexander Munro Semillon

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 10.5% Screwcap $35 “White light, White light goin’ messin’ up my mind White light, and don’t you know its gonna make me go blind White heat, aww white heat it tickle me down to my toes White light, … Continue reading →

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2010 Flaxman Dessert Semillon

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Eden Valley 11% Screwcap $20 Flaxman’s Dessert Semillon is made using a fair percentage of cordon cut fruit – grapes dried on the vine to increase their intensity (and I suspect, to enhance complexity). 80g/l rs…but the fresh Semillon grapes impart … Continue reading →

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2010 Scarborough Late Harvest Semillon

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 9.5% Screwcap $20 Bread and Butter pudding is always a good excuse to pull out a couple of dessert wines. I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again – I drink more late harvest styles than I … Continue reading →

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2005 Peter Lehmann Margaret Semillon

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Barossa 11.5% Screwcap $28 I think I may start putting more Barossa Semillon down to age in my cellar. It offers something different to the Hunter (my preferred region for the variety) and you can’t really have too much aged … Continue reading →

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2010 Scarborough Green Label Semillon

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 11.0% Screwcap $22 I haven’t been sold on youthful, drink now Hunter Semillons, but this makes a decent case for the style. It’s softer, rounder and fuller than the White Label but still light and zesty. It smells of … Continue reading →

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2010 Scarborough White Label Semillon

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 10.5% Screwcap $35 If writing notes about young, dry Australian Riesling poses certain problems then those are brought into even sharper relief when you are looking at young Hunter Semillon. There’s just not a lot to describe. Often that … Continue reading →

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2003 Tyrrell’s Vat 1 Semillon

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 10.9% Screwcap $45 Source: Sample Still quite tight at seven years of age, but it does open up a bit with time in the glass. Lots of visible spritz and not much colour development yet. The expected waxed lemons and … Continue reading →

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2010 Molly Morgan Semillon

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 11% Screwcap $25 Source: Sample The Semillon grapes for this wine come from a vineyard planted in 1963. Anyway, I’m very rarely interested in drinking Hunter Semillon young, but in this case, it kind of works. It’s textural … Continue reading →

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