Howard Park Miamup Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2022
A Bordeaux Blend in probably the most premium site for it in Australia: Margaret River. However you “Aussiefy” the name: Sem -Sav…Sav-Sem….SBS… it’s a fresher style that Australia has nailed […]
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Gundog Estate Off-Dry Semillon 2022
Offering 44 grams per litre of residual sugar, this “Off-Dry” has much lower alcohol due to the process of stopping fermentation early. Gundog Estate, Off-Dry, Semillon, Hunter Valley, 2022 Pale […]
Gundog Estate Wild Semillon 2022
Matt Burton and the team throw out the Hunter Sem textbook with this one. Indigenous yeasts, some parcels clean fermented in tank (and retaining a little sugars), other parcels kept […]
Gundog Estate The Chase Semillon 2022
A change in fruit again this vintage with fruit from Brycefield and Tinkler’s School Block vineyards in Pokolbin. Both are light clay-loamy soils, the kind that Semillon likes sticking its […]
Gundog Estate Hunter’s Semillon 2022
Harvests are starting in the Hunter Valley, so it won’t be long before 2023 wines are being released. Made deliberately in a more forward and approachable style (but guaranteed to […]
Gundog Estate Indomitus Albus 2022
Matt Burton from Gundog Estate has created the Indomitus range as a challenge to the norms of winemaking for Semillon and Shiraz. Here he’s gone for a blend of Canberra […]
Brokenwood Oakey Creek Vineyard Semillon 2019
Brokenwood have announced that they’ve taken custodianship of the Oakey Creek Vineyard from the original owners, the Draytons. Originally planted in 1982 (the vineyard’s composition is a combination of free […]
Brokenwood Semillon 2022
The mainstay white grape of the Hunter Valley and it continues to be one of the wine gems of the world. This year’s release from Brokenwood won the Marshall-Flannery Trophy […]
Brokenwood ILR Reserve Semillon 2015
The flagship white wine from Brokenwood. ILR are the initials of Iain Leslie Riggs, Brokenwood’s former Chief Winemaker and Managing Director. He still pokes his nose in and about the […]
Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. SALVIS GRATIA* 2021
SALVIS GRATIA roughly translates to “Saving grace.” The CB boys call this new label a “secret project” crafted mid-vintage. Hand harvested from “some of the last remnants of the Madeira […]
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