2024 Estate Semillon, Alkina

A distinctive, textural Semillon that bears little resemblance to Hunter Valley. Instead it brings together citrus purity and gently zesty, waxy complexity. Lemon zest, grapefruit peel and white stone fruits are layered with lightly savoury notes and a fine mineral edge. The palate has a bit of richness and subtle phenolic grip, before bright acidity carries the wine through to a refined finish. Singular and distinct as a Barossa Semillon, this is very impressive indeed, it’s only a shame they don’t make more of it. The fruit was hand-picked and then pressed to barrel for fermentation – the only wine we ferment in wood. It fermented naturally and then spent one year on lees, with occasional stirring. The blend filled up a single, well-seasoned, 8-year-old French oak puncheon.