Vintage
2017
ABV
11%
Wine Type
White
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Our Vat 1 Semillon is only ever made using fruit from our best old-vine, dry-grown vineyards. These blocks, the oldest of which was planted in 1923, feature sandy, free-draining soils that are ideal for growing Semillon and give the Vat 1 its unique character. The 2015 vintage was one where the great vineyards showed their class and the 2015 Vat 1 is a textbook example of this. After a dry winter and spring, good rains in early December gave the vines a real boost. After being hand-picked in the early hours of the morning, the grapes were sorted in the vineyard to ensure that all of the fruit that arrived at the winery was in pristine condition. The fruit was then very lightly crushed and pressed before undergoing a relatively cool fermentation. The wine spent only a short time on its lees before being bottled early to maintain its freshness; no oak was used in either fermentation or maturation. This is a wine that combines elegance with power. It has lifted citrus aromas and a seamless palate structure that shows the powerful fruit core that we’ve come to expect in the Vat 1.
Accolades
Halliday 97 points, Suckling 96 points, Gold Royal Melbourne Show
