Happs Semillon 2018
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The Indigenous Series 2018 Semillon is a new style of full bodied table wine that will be completely unfamiliar to those who think they know ‘Semillon’. It owes its character to the Three Hills Vineyard in the extreme south of Margaret River which produces fruit that is golden and flavorsome at harvest, very different to that in vineyards designed for mechanisation. The result is a full bodied flavorsome food wine, generous in its alcohol content, gutsy in its mid palate weight, food friendly, intriguing in its composition and long lived.
This is a red drinkers white wine. The wine offers moderate aroma with fresh cut straw, pear, rock-melon, passion-fruit and lemon curd with notes of tea leaf and grass. The palate is soft, creamy and textural rather than crisp and acidic as is often seen with this variety. The flavors are of citrus, fig, pear and lemon butter with hints of pastry and snow pea. The flavor is long with a soft, slippery finish. The ripeness of this fruit and the soft acidity make it a very particular style.
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Sémillon has the power to create wines with considerable structure, depth and length that will improve for several decades. It is the perfect partner to the vivdly aromatic Sauvignon Blanc. Sémillon especially shines in the Bordeaux region of Sauternes, which produces some of the world’s greatest sweet wines. Somm Secret—Sémillon was so common in South Africa in the 1820s, covering 93% of the country’s vineyard area, it was simply referred to as Wyndruif, or “wine grape.”
Home to some of Australia’s most elegant and long-lived red and white wines, Margaret River is situated in the farthest reaches of Western Australia. Relatively warm and dry, the region is cooled by breezes from the Indian Ocean. Margaret River takes some inspiration from Bordeaux, producing top-quality Cabernet Sauvignons and Bordeaux Blends with firm structure, mouthwatering acidity, balanced alcohol and notes of herbs and spice. For white wines, refreshing blends of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon as well as complex, age-worthy Chardonnays are regional specialties.