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Mount Pleasant Elizabeth Semillon 2005
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Colour: Pale yellow with pronounced fluorescent green hues.
Aroma: The wine exhibits qualities typical of quality Semillon from a warm vintage: pronounced green apple and lime zest, with developing secondary characters of toast and crushed herbs.
Palate: The palate is soft, round and generous with lime and lemon flavours dominating. The back palate
reveals the beginnings of Hunter Semillon aged characters of toast and lanolin. The complex and refined
palate is well complemented by the fresh, clean finish.
The hand picked fruit was crushed and de-stemmed before the must was chilled and the juice drained off. After cold settling for 48 hours, the clear juice was racked, warmed, inoculated with a neutral yeast and allowed to ferment slowly at a cool temperature (14°C) for a period of 28 days. One month following fermentation, the wine was blended, filtered, stabilised and bottled. Handling of this wine has been kept to a minimum to protect its fresh fruit flavours.
Mount Pleasant is situated on the slopes of the Brokenback Range in the Hunter Valley, NSW. The estate was established in 1921 by the legendary winemaker Maurice O’Shea who recognised the special characteristics and longevity of Hunter Valley table wines. To this day, Mount Pleasant continues to bottle-age commercial quantities of wines until they are considered at
their peak to release.
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WBW Rating: 93/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Hunter Valley NSW |
Winemaker: Phil Ryan
Drink now until: 2014
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