Brokenwood Late Picked Semillion 2015 ~ Hunter Valley

Tasting Notes

This wine has a cool year 10% alcohol and a beautiful green/yellow colour. Great aromas (that jump out of the glass) of fresh apple and tropical fruits. These carry to the palate, and given a bit more prominence due to the slightly riper grapes. The sweetness is balanced by the fresh apple acidity that runs through to the finish.

Winemakers Comments

If we have said it once, we have said it a million times, the word normal just doesn’t exist for the Hunter Valley. There was a three week turn around in picking compared to 2014, and most Semillon was off in the last week of January. It was a very dry winter of 2014 with only 54mm of rain from May to July. A very good budburst and spring, but then a cold and wet December resulting in quite large canopies and disease pressure. Thankfully all of our Semillon is handpicked and the vineyard team did a great job of getting clean, sound fruit in. This vintage is stylistically on song, but a smaller production of Semillon than usual. All fruit was harvested before the damaging East Coast low wreaked havoc on the Hunter Valley. Excellent colours with plenty of luminous greens and bright acidity a feature.

Vinification

Brokenwood has quite a history of Late Picked styles starting in 1983 and we have used Semillon, Gewurztraminer from the Hunter and Riesling from McLaren Vale. The fruit is allowed to get a bit riper and then the fermentation stopped when there was a perfect balance between acid, sugar and alcohol. Fermentation in stainless steel and using cultured yeast. Bottled in May 2013.

Food

Fresh fruit and sunshine or an apple flan.

Drink

A vibrant wine style best consumed over the short term.



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