2023 Suckfizzle Sauvignon Blanc Semillon

95 POINTS

Jeni Port - Winepilot

The unlikely friendship between feisty Sauvignon Blanc and laid-back Semillon is captured beautifully here. Upfront gooseberry, cut grass, lantana and a splash of passionfruit pulp with quieter notes of citrus bring the traditional Bordeaux white blend alive. The youthful vibrancy is well-weighted with an easy textural flow and discreet acid drive. Quince, lemon and a pear skin dryness are woven into the fabric of the wine. There’s good concentration, depth and – such is the balance – super food friendly properties. The Bordeaux white blend when it is on song is one of the more surprising, easy to please wines when it comes to food matching  that you will ever come across.

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Jane Faulkner - Halliday Wine Companion

Such a good wine with its smoky charm, texture and savoury palate thanks to some parcels of fruit fermented in barrel with regular lees stirring. It’s a contained wine though, as nothing is overt or dominating, with great balance of fruit to acidity and phenolics. It’s delicious, complex and compelling.

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Cassandra Charlick - Decanter

Fresh and classy, there’s a restrained intensity to the nose. Lightly toasted oak weaves through flinty minerality, a puff of ocean air, lemon pith, white sage, white blossom and a subtle smokiness. On the palate, the fruit purity bursts through an oatcake and citrus-rind savoury compression, with vibrant acidity and salinity that is both supple and quenching. Like a swan gliding over the water, this is fine, silvery and simmering, yet below the surface sits a firm core and structure. Plenty of intrigue, with a sense of place and impressive persistence. This sings with a long melodic line. A blend of 77% Sauvignon Blanc 23% Semillon; grown in the coolest part of the region, on the most southern vineyard in Margaret River. Fruit was whole-bunch pressed then fermented in 27% new French oak with monthly batonnage; aged for 9 months.

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Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

I don’t have any details for this wine, but I’m guessing it’s the usual Sauvignon dominant blend with a fair bit of new oak in support. Lime and lime rind, snow pea, jalapeño, quince, and some vanilla and biscuit spice, with flinty and smoky top note. It’s tight and juicy, plenty of flavour here, lime and pink grapefruit, lots of flint and grip to texture, with heaps of zip and tang on a finish of excellent length. There’s something a lime mezcal margarita character about it, which lends something of a saline and exotic touch. A very good vintage for this wine, and it’s sure to age well.

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2025 - Decanter World Wine Awards

Pretty nose of sweet lemon, honeysuckle and kiwi; palate of plush nectarine, pear and supple oak. Award: Silver - DWWA 2025

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Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2023 Suckfizzle Sauvignon Blanc Semillon leads with cassis, green apple, finger lime, lemongrass, white pepper and cucumber. The wine is a little sweaty, with fresh curry leaf and enoki mushroom. This is a wine that ages very well indeed, and it always appears, to my palate at least, to be a little rambunctious on the oak/winemaking front on release. This is no exception; however, with the backing and endorsement of the 2023 season under its belt, this will prove to be an exceptional wine in time. The Suckfizzle vineyard is in the extreme south of the Margaret River region, close to the coast and the Southern Ocean. 13.3% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

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Claire Nesbitt - JamesSuckling.com

Papayas, snow peas and star fruit on the nose of this fragrant white. It’s medium- to full-bodied with perfumed tropical fruit character and a cool, delicious finish.