$32
Tyson rocked up to visit on a typical idyllic summer’s day on the Sunshine Coast earlier this year with 10 bottles of Hunter in his infamous wine carriage (bottle cooler on wheels). Suddenly my day got a whole lot better. This Tyrrells label was a standout for me, with an intriguing pale golden straw hue [...]
$85
96 points
This wine tastes four years old, not eleven, because it was held in suspended animation in a tank for the first seven years of its life. Packed with primary lemon and lime fruit that melds seamlessly into preserved lemon notes, it’s a youthful, zesty style with seamless balance and decades of life ahead of it [...]
$30
96 points
This is one of the great bargain Semillons of the year. Already six years of age on release, it’s still looking and tasting pristine, youthful and backward. Primary lemon and lime are the themes here, gliding through a streamlined palate with super-fine, river stone minerality and a crisp finish. It’s delightful to drink right away [...]
$30
96 points
Another pristine single vineyard wine in Tyrrell’s incredible arsenal, and still a youthful green-yellow colour at this age. The classic characters of aged Hunter Semillon are beginning to encroach on its zesty lime and lemon fruit, giving it nuances of roast nuts, toast, butter and honey. There is a river pebble freshness to its fine [...]
$30
95 points
Hunter Semillon remains one of the inexplicable bargains of the wine world, so much so that even its most gloriously mature incarnations sell for much less than their true worth. A lively, primary acid spine holds the toast, butter and peppermint notes of this wine firmly in place. Its youthful, tart palate and persistent finish [...]
$45
95 points
Unlike some other late-release Hunter Semillons from the same vintage, this wine is beautifully mature and ready to go. It spans the full spectrum of Semillon flavours, from zesty lime, lemon and green apples through cut grass and into lanolin, to the aged complexity of spice, roast nuts and wild honey.
$30
95 points
If you’ve never tasted Australia’s most thrilling sweet Semillon, now is a perfect time to be indoctrinated. It’s a celebration of dried apricot, honey, toffee, crème brûlée and marmalade but it really comes into its own in its balance of unctuous complexity with fresh, clean, lemon and mandarin zest flavours that linger long on the [...]
$60
95 points
Across the years, Lovedale is the greatest single vineyard Semillon in the world. With rising flavours of roast nuts, butter and toast, the 2003 vintage is at an eminently drinkable point in its development right now, with just the right amount of fine lemon-like acidity to keep it lively. It’s a full-flavoured vintage with plenty [...]
95 points