Mount Pleasant Wines
Lovedale Hunter Valley Sémillon
Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Can’t improve or vary my tasting note from December 2022 of this excellent aged Semillon. Still quite pale for a 12 year old white wine. Notes of buttered toast and lime. Lanolin and lemon on the palate with that waxy texture. Medium weight with enough citric acid to carry on for a few more years. Such purity. Matured in stainless steel. Zero oak. A saline note at the finish.
Can’t improve or vary my tasting note from December 2022 of this excellent aged Semillon. Still quite pale for a 12 year old white wine. Notes of buttered toast and lime. Lanolin and lemon on the palate with that waxy texture. Medium weight with enough citric acid to carry on for a few more years. Such purity. Matured in stainless steel. Zero oak. A saline note at the finish.
Aug 6th, 2023A treat to have 2 of Australia’s leading whites as in the Art Series Chardonnay and now the Lovedale Semillon both from 2011. Ironically 2011 was an awful vintage in nearly all of Australia except for Margaret River and the Hunter Valley. This highly awarded old Semillon had aromas of Lanolin, buttered toast with wet straw. All the descriptors of quality aged Semillon. A sweetish palate with a soapy texture. Perfectly balanced with acid diminishing. You can see how UK MWs would swear in the earlier days that these Semillons had been put to wood. They know now that they only ever see stainless steel.
A treat to have 2 of Australia’s leading whites as in the Art Series Chardonnay and now the Lovedale Semillon both from 2011. Ironically 2011 was an awful vintage in nearly all of Australia except for Margaret River and the Hunter Valley. This highly awarded old Semillon had aromas of Lanolin, buttered toast with wet straw. All the descriptors of quality aged Semillon. A sweetish palate with a soapy texture. Perfectly balanced with acid diminishing. You can see how UK MWs would swear in the earlier days that these Semillons had been put to wood. They know now that they only ever see stainless steel.
Dec 4th, 2022
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Dec 27th, 2020Notes as previous. Love these old Hunter Semillons. Lively and fresh, lemon, grapefruit and citrus in general. Some wet hay and lanolin with honey and toast developing.
Notes as previous. Love these old Hunter Semillons. Lively and fresh, lemon, grapefruit and citrus in general. Some wet hay and lanolin with honey and toast developing.
May 31st, 2020Continuing on with the Semillon theme this is the multi awarded Mount Pleasant in the Hunter Valley from the Lovedale Vineyard first planted in 1956 by Maurice OShea. This was a typical aged Hunter showing Mid Lemon yellow in colour with aromas of wet hay, and buttered toast. On the palate citrus with a soapy texture. Has not seen oak but these aged Hunters used to fool MWs in London thinking that oak had been used. They definitely put on weight with age developing toast and honeyed characters. Murray Tyrrell famously said that putting oak to Semillon spoilt the wine and was a waste of good oak barrels.! Murray made many Trophy winning Vat 1s in his career with Vat 1 being the main rival to this Lovedale over the years.
Continuing on with the Semillon theme this is the multi awarded Mount Pleasant in the Hunter Valley from the Lovedale Vineyard first planted in 1956 by Maurice OShea. This was a typical aged Hunter showing Mid Lemon yellow in colour with aromas of wet hay, and buttered toast. On the palate citrus with a soapy texture. Has not seen oak but these aged Hunters used to fool MWs in London thinking that oak had been used. They definitely put on weight with age developing toast and honeyed characters. Murray Tyrrell famously said that putting oak to Semillon spoilt the wine and was a waste of good oak barrels.! Murray made many Trophy winning Vat 1s in his career with Vat 1 being the main rival to this Lovedale over the years.
Mar 26th, 2020
The 2011 Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon displays a lovely fragrance of lemon and lime zest, dried peach, roasted almonds, toast, hay, cut grass and wet stones. Bone dry, light to medium bodied with crisp acidity, this is a very pleasant wine indeed, showcasing a particular style of Semillon unique to Australias Hunter Valley. The long, lingering finish confirms a wine of outstanding quality. Drink now until 2025.
The 2011 Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon displays a lovely fragrance of lemon and lime zest, dried peach, roasted almonds, toast, hay, cut grass and wet stones. Bone dry, light to medium bodied with crisp acidity, this is a very pleasant wine indeed, showcasing a particular style of Semillon unique to Australias Hunter Valley. The long, lingering finish confirms a wine of outstanding quality. Drink now until 2025.
Oct 12th, 202216+/20 (88+/100) Аромат орехов и поджаренного хлеба, пчелиного воска, желтого яблока и цедры лимона. Легкое тело, высокая кислотность, которая уже почти не выпирает. Некоторая водянистость во вкусе. Вино уже демонстрирует признаки созревания, ещё лет 5 осталось. (23.01.2019)
16+/20 (88+/100) Аромат орехов и поджаренного хлеба, пчелиного воска, желтого яблока и цедры лимона. Легкое тело, высокая кислотность, которая уже почти не выпирает. Некоторая водянистость во вкусе. Вино уже демонстрирует признаки созревания, ещё лет 5 осталось. (23.01.2019)
Sep 1st, 2019
At Quay in Sydney.....1st Semillon I remember being truly impressed by....not like any other I'd experienced prior....bright, complex and missing the wax I tend to not dig. Fun wine but not for $35/glass.
At Quay in Sydney.....1st Semillon I remember being truly impressed by....not like any other I'd experienced prior....bright, complex and missing the wax I tend to not dig. Fun wine but not for $35/glass.
Jan 28th, 2017