Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Series Semillon 2019

Description

Intriguing and complex, this bottling shows a honeyed apple aroma with citrus, a bit of tarragon, and that diesel fuel note that, with aeration, morphs into nut-like aromas. Bone dry and only 10% alcohol. The texture is quite unique. Medium weight with a lanolin foundation that reveals subtle grit and sand as it moves across the palate, the wine has a lemon keynote that rides on crisp, acid-driven top notes. A pure, transparent mineral water quality dominates the midpalate as it expands and then compresses and fades on a very tart finish that sinuously, subtlety probes, attacks, withdraws, and attacks again. Spirited and eccentric but acerbic, ingratiating but then scornful, it persistently goads with little insults, like listening to Bob Dylan's I Want You. Score - 92. (Dwight Furrow, foodandwineaesthetics.com, Nov. 10, 2020)

Tags

Full-bodied & Rich, Sémillon, White Wine, Wine, XD - Extra Dry