2016 McGuigan Sémillon Bin 9000

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  5/28/2022 - Henman Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Subtle nose of lemony fruit and flinty mineral. Medium bodied, dry, refreshing, delivering tart lime and flinty mineral carried by bracing acidity. Overall subtle and elegant. I never get disappointed with these Hunter Valley Semillon wines.

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  11/17/2020 - forceberry wrote: 87 Points

  11% alcohol, 3 g/l residual sugar and 6,4 g/l acidity.
  
  Youthful, luminous pale green color. Fresh, very youthful and subtly reductive nose with aromas of gunpowder smoke, Granny Smith apple, some grassy green tones, light flinty mineral notes, a little bit of mealy yellow apple and herbal hints of rocket and fennel. The wine is youthful, lively and crisp on the palate with a light body and bright, subtly reductive flavors of white currants, herbal spice, some white peach, light rubbery tones, a little bit of oregano and a subtly gaseous hint of SO2 that slowly dissipates. The bracing acidity lends great freshness and intensity to the wine. The finish is lively, crisp and quite long with flavors of tart citrus fruits, some gunpowder smoke, light tangy notes of salinity, a little bit of tart green apple, a primary hint of gummi bear and a herbal touch of grassy greenness.
  
  A crisp, racy and quite promising Hunter Valley Sémillon that is still, at the age of 4 years, all too youthful. Sure, the wine is enjoyably racy and refreshing, but the overall feel is still noticeably primary and there are even subtly reductive tones that most likely will disappear with enough aging. Since the screw cap will make the wine age at a noticeably slower pace than a traditional cork, I can imagine this wine will be youthful for another 10 years or so. Definitely no need to hurry with this one. Feels quite overpriced for the quality at 22,99€, though.

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  6/17/2020 - assofisso wrote: 90 Points

  As refreshing as wine can be.
  Pale lemon colour, medium + body with medium + acidity.
  On the nose a bit petrolly at first with lime , lime zest, elederberry blossom, nettle.
  The palate is refreshing straight away, flavoursome very lime and elderberry.
  Very good length of flavour..
  Would buy again at 14 pounds.

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  6/14/2018 - avp wrote:

  Needed something fresh.
  Lime, fennel and celery. A bit of pear on the background as well.
  Dry, quite light and acidic. Greenish and tart fruit. Some rounder and oxidative character towards the finish.
  I would have liked to age this, but I had a need.

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