De Iuliis Semillon 2021 New South Wales Hunter Valley
De Iuliis Semillon 2021 New South Wales Hunter ValleyDe Iuliis Semillon 2021
The Hunter Valley is renowned for producing some of the best Semillon in the world. This wine displays fresh, lifted citrus characters, a light palate, and crisp, zesty acids. It’s the perfect match for seafood or any delicately flavoured dishes.
Originating from Italy the De Iuliis family have made the Hunter region their home since 1960. After a long successful career in the Hunter mining industry, Joss and Anna De Iuliis were inspired to follow their family passion for wine and chose a property in the Lovedale Road region of the Lower Hunter Valley, converting a grazing property into a 20ha vineyard with the first vines planted in 1990. For the first decade they provided fruit for some of the Hunter Valley’s biggest names.
It wasn’t until their son Michael finished his postgraduate studies in Oenology at the world renowned Roseworthy campus (Adelaide University) in 1999 with remarkable results that dynamic of the business changed from grape growing to wine production. A new state of the art winery and a modern airy cellar door was built, designed by architect Lionel Glendenning, and completed just in time for vintage 2001.
Today, De Iuliis wines are known for their trademark Hunter regionality and commitment to showcasing the very best the Hunter Valley has to offer. The Australian Wine Companion by James Halliday has been rating De Iuliis Wines a 5 star winery since 2010. The family’s vision is to continue producing wines of excellence and outstanding quality from individual paddocks, wines of distinction which they are proud to have their name on.
Glenguin Aristea Shiraz 2017 Hunter Valley NSW
Glenguin Aristea Shiraz 2017 Hunter Valley NSWGlenguin Aristea Shiraz 2017
Tasting Notes
The latest release of our flagship Aristea continues the theme of previous vintages – dark berry fruits, hints of new oak and firm tannins give the wine the weight and power to continue to develop in the bottle over the long term.
Our Story
Glenguin Vineyard was first planted in the 1980s and an average vine age now over 25 years with each wine coming from a small individual block on the property. Organic and biodynamic farming principles are followed at Glenguin where things are still done by hand from planting through vine training to pruning and handpicking at vintage.
The shiraz and semillon vines at Glenguin are directly descended from James Busby’s original planting at Kirkton in the 1820s. They are planted on their own roots on a unique combination of a raised gravel bench for shiraz with sandy loam over red basalt for Semillon.
The name Glenguin comes from the original Scots Gaelic name of the Highland distillery now called “Glengoyne” (since 1909). Robin Tedder, Australia’s 7th Master of Wine, is the third Baron of Glenguin and grandson of Arthur Tedder the First Baron Marshal of the RAF and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in WW2. Arthur was born on the distillery property in 1890 and the Tedder family continues the association with great drinks through the vineyards at Glenguin in Australia’s oldest wine region, the Hunter Valley.
Glenguin wines have won major Trophies including NSW and Boutique Wine Show Trophies for best white wine plus both Best Red and NSW Wine of the Year at the NSW Wine Awards for shiraz. Production is extremely limited with just a few hundred cases of each of our wines.
Glenguin Stonybroke Shiraz 2017 Hunter Valley NSW
Glenguin Stonybroke Shiraz 2017 Hunter Valley NSWGlenguin Stonybroke Shiraz 2017
An exceptional vintage allowed the grapes to reach full ripeness, yielding just a touch under 2 tonnes per acre.
10 days fermenting on skins with 25% whole bunches before being aged in French oak (20% new) for 14 months.
Ripe red fruits make their presence known underneath immediate savoury layers. Soft tannins, decidedly medium-bodied, with great concentration and length.
Will age well over the medium term.
Margan Estate Barbera 2018 New South Wales Hunter Valley
Margan Estate Barbera 2018 New South Wales Hunter ValleyMargan Estate Barbera 2018 – Originating from Piedmont in Italy this red grape was first planted here in the Hunter Valley here at Margan. I took cuttings from the original Montrose vineyard in Mudgee that was planted by Carlo Corino from cuttings he bought from Italy in his suitcase. Its a medium bodied wine with great acidity. At full ripeness it still has wonderful acid that provides a style of wine rarely seen in Australia. Fantastic with any food with fat in it, the acid cuts thru enhancing both the food and the wine.
Margan Timbervines TGS 2018 New South Wales Hunter Valley
Margan Timbervines TGS 2018 New South Wales Hunter ValleyMargan Timbervines TGS 2018 -Picked at the same time and vinified together as a single wine we find the Tempranillo provides the rich fruit, Graciano gives lifted floral notes and acidity and the Shiraz provides the tannin and extra structure.
Margan White Label Chardonnay 2019 New South Wales Hunter Valley
Margan White Label Chardonnay 2019 New South Wales Hunter ValleyMargan White Label Chardonnay 2019 has a lovely balance of complex savoury characteristics from the natural fermentation on full solids giving richness and midpalate weight to this wine. The oak sits softly around the core fruit profile of stonefruits and grapefruit.
Peter Drayton Falling Leaf Shiraz Hunter Valley NSW
Peter Drayton Falling Leaf Shiraz Hunter Valley NSWPeter Drayton Falling Leaf Shiraz
Sweet plum and blackberry notes are balanced by subtle spiced red cherry, all guided by soft oak tannins to a long finish.
Home to Peter Drayton Wines at the foot of the Brockenback range is the Ironbark Hill vineyard, named after the intrinsically Australian eucalyptus trees found on their property. The Fallind Leaf wines celebrate the connection with the natural landscape with the boldness and craftmanshipnthat is synonymous with Peter Drayton.
Thomas Synergy Semillon 2020 Hunter Valley NSW
Thomas Synergy Semillon 2020 Hunter Valley NSWThomas Synergy Semillon 2020
Winemaker’s Comments
This wine is a blend of selected parcels of old vine Hunter Valley Semillon that we are fortunate enough to have access to. The distictive characters of each vineyard work in synergy to create a wine with its own unique personality.
Part of what makes all our single-vineyard wines such benchmarks for the region, is the absolute no compromise approach to selecting only the very best parcels. This leaves behind a number of ‘de-classified’ parcels which we put together to create this blend. The lions share of the vineyards that would normally go together for our Synergy Semillon blend are the Braemore, OC and Fordwich Hill. However, the 2020 vintage Synergy Semillon is 100% Braemore Semillon. This wine delivers outstanding quality for every day drinking at an amazingly affordable price.
Tasting Notes
A brilliant pale yellow/green in colour, this wine has a generosity of fruit not usually expected in Hunter Semillon. Floral aromas of orange blossom, Thai spices and lanolin dance around the glass, and are kept in check by a linear, lime-like focus. The palate offers pleasing flavours with ripe pear and lemon/melon fruit, and a lengthy, subliminally taut acidity providing a pleasing freshness to the finish. An absolute perfect accompaniment to fresh seafood dishes. Seriously smashable…..
