Mitchell Noble Semillon 2018 Half Bottle

Mitchell Noble Semillon, Clare Valley, South Australia, 2018, Half Bottle  

Grape: 100% Semillon, late harvest, 97g/L residual sugar

A super succulent and sweet botrytis affected dessert wine displaying characteristic honey and marmalade concentrated fruit flavours balanced by crisp acid on a lingering luscious finish.

Critic's Tasting Note:  

"Full yellow colour, with a young aroma of white pepper, hot-ironed linen and candied citrus peels. The wine is intense, bright and youthfully firm, with slight bitterness and grip from tannins. This leaves the mouth with a drying sensation and clean finish" 

Huon Hooke, THE REAL REVIEW

The fruit for this wine comes from a small corner of Michell's single vineyard in Watervale, which was planted by Peter McNicol Mitchell in 1962. The site is dry-grown, and no artificial fertilisers, pesticides or herbicides have been used in this vineyard. As a result, the vineyard is flush with a healthy eco-system of bees, wasps and spiders, drawn to the area by the rich clovers between the vine.

The Semillon grapes for this wine were picked 5 weeks after the rest of the vintage was harvested with a considerable proportion of berries infected by noble rot. These grapes were hand picked, sorted then whole bunch pressed. Clean cool fermentation in stainless steel tanks to preserve the delicate ripe fruit flavours. Time in oak and bottle has matured the wine so it's ready to enjoy upon release.

Food Match: Great with both rich pâté and desserts. Excellent value sweet wine.