NobleRottersSydney - New South Wales (Fix, St James, Sydney): {12%} [Graeme] Cork-sealed semillon at thirty; roll the dice. Opened at dinner. Minimal ullage, and cork only damp about 30% up from the bottom. Medium gold, still clear and bright. Honey-on-toast nose – jackpot! Creamy-textured but very much alive palate. Sweet-tinged yellow fruit, toasty and smoky, no sign of botrytis. Lots of dimension to the flavours here. Medium weight, long, even, dry palate. A triumph. Final bottle of a 6-pack I bought last century – kept the highest level bottle til last, so I expected it to be decent. Well-kept/corked bottles will be fine for a while yet.
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Honey, butter, toast over slight green apple on the nose. Tart green apple with honeyed and buttery notes on the palate…just really good. Lovely. A wonderful example of a mature Hunter semillon.
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Christmas Day 2014 (My place, parramatta, sydney): From Coravin. Medium plus intensity aromas of honey, toast, butter, slight apple and even apricot and spice. Superb nose. More muted on the palate but with similar flavours as the aromas on the nose. very good indeed and in excellent condition.
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10/13/2021 - graemeg wrote:
NobleRottersSydney - New South Wales (Fix, St James, Sydney): {12%} [Graeme] Cork-sealed semillon at thirty; roll the dice. Opened at dinner. Minimal ullage, and cork only damp about 30% up from the bottom. Medium gold, still clear and bright. Honey-on-toast nose – jackpot! Creamy-textured but very much alive palate. Sweet-tinged yellow fruit, toasty and smoky, no sign of botrytis. Lots of dimension to the flavours here. Medium weight, long, even, dry palate. A triumph. Final bottle of a 6-pack I bought last century – kept the highest level bottle til last, so I expected it to be decent. Well-kept/corked bottles will be fine for a while yet.
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10/31/2019 - chbeaumont wrote: 95 Points
Golden sheen; classic nose waxy; taffeta-like texture, effortless poise; finishes in positive manner. Indestructible. Brilliant.
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2/11/2019 - Parko82 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wow. Still going strong...
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4/22/2015 - chatters wrote:
Honey, butter, toast over slight green apple on the nose. Tart green apple with honeyed and buttery notes on the palate…just really good. Lovely. A wonderful example of a mature Hunter semillon.
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12/25/2014 - chatters wrote:
Christmas Day 2014 (My place, parramatta, sydney): From Coravin. Medium plus intensity aromas of honey, toast, butter, slight apple and even apricot and spice. Superb nose. More muted on the palate but with similar flavours as the aromas on the nose. very good indeed and in excellent condition.
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