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PYRAMID VALLEY SEMILLON HILLE 07

Pyramid Valley Semillon Hille 07

$35.20 750 MLS
Talented winemakers Mike and Claudia Weersing, at Pyramid Valley in North Canterbury, search out plots of exceptional fruit from vineyards around the country, and make some particularly funky and very interesting wines under their ‘Growers Collection’ label. The ‘Hille’ Semillon is their interpretation of the modern Graves style of white Bordeaux, a style of wine that is superb with rich and creamy-sauced white meats, and one that has longevity. The wine was made from 95% Semillon and 5% Sauvignon Blanc grapes from 20 y.o. vines, harvested at 3.2 tonnes per acre from this Brancott Valley vineyard. The fruit was hand-picked in four passes through the vineyard and fermented with indigenous yeasts to 13.5% alc. and 2.4 g/l rs. Undergoing 100% MLF, the wine spent 15 months in 50% new French puncheons. Powerfully constructed with great intensity of sweet herbs and citrus fruit flavours, the wine is tight and bracing, brash and still somewhat raw, with strong oak overtones. Experience suggests that the wine becomes accessible and enjoyable from three years of vintage. It should keep and develop for a further 4-6 years easily. 450 cases made. RC Jan 10
From 20 y.o. vines from the Brancott Valley. 95% Semillon, 5% Sauvignon fermented in 50% new French puncheons to 13.5% alc. Bright straw yellow, this had powerful, herbal Semillon fruit, laced in strong oak overtones, all somewhat raw and acidic at this stage. Experience has shown that 18 months in bottle are required for the components to come into harmony. This was controversially received on the night. RC March 09

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