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  • Country ranking ?

    212
  • Producer ranking ?

    3
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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Vintage 2021

2021 Barossa Valley Vintage Report

Following two particularly dry seasons, many were hoping for Mother Nature to be much kinder, and mostly she was. Winter rainfall in 2020 recorded 148mm, the same as winter 2019, (22% below average). The majority of this rainfall was in the latter half of August, with the rain continuing into September and October. This was ideal timing to replenish soil profiles to field capacity moving into budburst in O...

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A really intriguing style of Hunter Semillon – I might be wrong with this but I gather it is named after a hunting dog called ‘Hunter’, which is really confusing. 

In many respects, the traditional Hunter (region, not canine) style of semillon, but it is one designed to be much more approachable in its youth than many. Winemaker Matt Burton wants the flavour and intensity that usually takes years to develop, to be available upfront, rather than for winelovers needing to lock their semillons away for decades. To achieve this, he pays careful attention to “fruit/vineyard selection”. This will still cellar well and improve, perhaps nothing quite like what one might see with the traditional semillons, but no reason why you wouldn’t drink it over the next few years. 

Lemon notes. Some tropical touches. A clean, slightly minerally background overlaid by lovely lemon méringue notes. Fresh summer aromas. Good fresh acidity, mouthfilling flavours with very good persistence and focus – delicious. Why on earth do people drink sauvignon blanc when they could drink this?


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Hunter Valley, South Australia
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