A delicate pure Semillon with enticing lemon blossom fragrance, fresh lemon juice and lemon grass. The palate delivers a big burst of flavour, with bottle development and complexity of lemon cream. Perfect balance of fruit, alcohol and acid. An impressive Semillon from a year that will reward early drinking or cellaring.
McLeish Estate are one of the most awarded Semillon producers in Australia. Creating a range of single vineyard Semillons that are highly acclaimed and celebrated throughout the world.
A delicate and pure Semillon with enticing lemon blossom fragrance, fresh lemon juice and lemon grass.
5 Trophies, 13 Gold, 9 Silver & 13 Bronze
Top 40 NSW Wine Awards
96/100 Australian Wine Companion - 95/100 The Real Review Huon Hooke
Tasting Notes
This wine has golden lemon tones with delicate aromas of lemon blossom fragrance, lemon butter, lemon grass and toasted honey notes. The palate delivers a big burst of flavour, with bottle development and complexity of lemon cream displaying a perfect balance of fruit, alcohol and acid. This wine is an impressive Semillon from a year that will reward early drinking or cellaring.
Aging
Drink now or cellar up to 5 years.
Food Pairings
Vichyssoise, pan fried gnocchi or barramundi in lemon butter sauce.
Technical Notes
Vineyard
Our Semillon is hand harvested from vines grown in friable red duplex loam soil at Pokolbin in the Lower Hunter Valley.– the vines, planted in 1985 – consistently producing the purest and brightest signatures of Hunter Semillon.
Production
The Semillon grapes have been whole- bunch pressed to minimize phenolics and then put to stainless-steel tank to begin fermentation. The wine in vat is left on lees for 3 weeks to build texture and complexity into the finished wine. and is then bottled early to retain freshness and vitality of the primary fruit.
Harvest Date January 2009
Residual Sugar 2g/l
Alcohol 11%
