2019 McGuigan The Shortlist Semillon

2019 McGuigan The Shortlist Semillon
Item No. 2510084
5 out of 5 Customer Rating
This Semillon has a terrific length with balanced acid persistence. Beautiful aromas of ripe fruit with distinctive citrus scents lead to the perfume of honeysuckle.
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This Semillon has a terrific length with balanced acid persistence. Beautiful aromas of ripe fruit with distinctive citrus scents lead to the perfume of honeysuckle.
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Medium Bodied

Medium Bodied

Single Vineyard

Single Vineyard

Overview

The Hunter Ridge vineyard is one of the cooler vineyards in the Hunter Valley, due to a prevailing onshore breeze that sends a cooling layer of air over the vineyard each afternoon. The old vines producing the grapes for this wine were grown on a duplex loam that consistently produces the same yield from vintage to vintage, ensuring the wine consistently delivers high flavour concentration. Hunter Semillons produce a style being unusual for the fact that the wines have full flavor and have low alcohol levels, which makes them excellent to drink in the Australian climate.

The fruit for this wine was sourced from our Hunter Ridge vineyard in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales. The grapes were harvested in the cool of the night and transported to our winery where they were immediately crushed and chilled in a large airbag press. The juice was clarified and inoculated with an aromatic yeast strain and fermented at cool temperatures. Post fermentation the wine was clarified, fined and cold stabilised prior to bottling.
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Varietal
Semillon
Region
Hunter Valley, NSW
Country
Australia
Peak Drinking
Drink now or Cellar for 10+ years.
Alcohol Volume
11.3%
pH
2.99
Residual Sugar
1.4
Total Acidity
7.1

Tasting Notes

Aroma

Beautiful aromas of ripe fruit with distinctive citrus scents lead to perfume of honeysuckle.

Palate

A medium bodied wine with delicate notes of citrus and vanilla throughout. This Semillon has terrific length with balanced acid persistence.

Food Pairing

Chicken

Chicken

Fish

Fish

Salad

Salad