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Wine Details
Price:
$18.00 per bottle
Description:
With limited plantings in California, it is becoming difficult to find Semillon bottled separately. However this is our twelfth consecutive vintage release.
Complex aromas, showing a light nut (almond?) note, and tart pineapple with a hint of hay/herbs. Pineapple and citrus fruit, perhaps a note of quince or spiced pear. Lovely thick texture mid-palate with a tangy finish shot through with lime zest. We'll be entering this wine into the Mendocino County Crab Festival early next year to see if we can win the trophy again for the best wine to have with crab.
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Varietal Definition
Sémillon:
A thin skinned grape producing wines of high extract and flavour but soft acidity. In France it combines with Sauvignon Blanc to make the white wines of Bordeaux, most notably the sweet dessert wines of Sauternes and Barsac. Its thin skin leaves it susceptible to the fungus botrytis* the much sought after 'noble rot' in these sweet wine regions. As a varietal it has fared best in Australia, notably the Hunter Valley, where it produces well-rounded wines with lots of tropical fruits and honeyed tones. Here too it is blended with Chardonnay and oak aged to give an added dimension.
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