Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon 2019

Mount Pleasant's famed Lovedale vineyard planted in 1946 is the home to some of the most acclaimed ageworthy Semillon in the world. Langton's Classified.

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Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon 2019

"An iconic wine sourced from the Lovedale vineyard, planted in '46 by Maurice O'Shea. As a '19 cellar release, this wine is just beginning to reveal the greatness that lies ahead. Scented and alluring like an exquisite perfume, it offers notes of zest, lemon thyme and cultured butter. The palate seamlessly combines power and suppleness, enhanced by age, with charred citrus notes and satisfying mid-palate generosity. Although beautiful now, the defined vein of limey acidity reminds the drinker that it's only partway through its journey." 96 Points, Toni Paterson, Halliday Wine Companion

"Lemon oil, fresh mint, flickers of bitter herbs and jasmine. I don’t even look for other fruit. It’s the purity of the juice, a calm and steady hand, soft texture yet the acidity is firm and perky. Refreshing as cool mist and river stones rolling through the stream of pure lemon juice with a sprinkle of salt on a long finish. It’s all about the detailed sensation on your tongue. A wine that slowly and gracefully evolves in the glass and will in the bottle over the years. Potentially, you could enjoy it now too, as I did. There, I said it." 96 Points, Kasia Sobiesiak, The Wine Front

The famed estate of Mount Pleasant has a well-storied past, founded by the visionary of Australian wine, Maurice O’Shea. It includes plantings of ancestral vines of 1880, as well as Australia’s oldest mother vine Pinot Noir planted in 1921 by O’Shea himself. It is the home of some of the first fine wines of Australia, and with just five winemakers over its 100-year history, it has maintained its status as a benchmark of the Hunter classics, Shiraz and Semillon.

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