2023 Chaffey Bros. Salvis Gratia Semillon

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Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

Old-vine, Madeira-clone semillon from the Fechner Vineyard in Eden Valley, wild ferment, 33% in Sirugue French oak puncheon on lees. Pale with a green flash and sporting lanolin-brushed characters of pithy lemon, honeysuckle, grilled cashew, clover blossom, soft spice, crushed quartz and distant marzipan. There's a slinky textural aspect with a touch of grapefruit pith and a real vitality to its minerally line. Great dry, textural drinking.