Cape MentelleWallcliffe Semillon Sauvignon
About this product
- TypeSemillon Sauvignon Blanc (SSB / SBS)
- Size750ML
- RegionMargaret River
- Current Vintage2007* - Vintage is not guaranteed and may vary store to store or when delivered.
- Standard Drinks7.4
- Alcohol Volume12.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateWestern Australia
- Brand NameCape Mentelle
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- More about Huon Hooke
Huon Hooke
Prolific Australian wine reviewer for Fairfax Media and The Real Review
Vintage 2007
92 points The Real Review
Light to very light yellow. Oaky nose tallies with the slightly forward colour. Lots of barrel influence. Varietal fruit struggles to keep up. Firmish dry palate, with some oak phenolics. Pleasant wine but suspect it'll be better in a year or so. Needs time and should age beautifully, building complexity.
- More about Campbell Mattinson
Campbell Mattinson
Award winning Australian wine reviewer for Wine Companion and winefront.com.au
Vintage 2009
93 points Halliday Wine Companion
Walsh has reviewed a run of these Wallcliffes so it's time I entered the fray. This wine is 100 percent barrel fermented/matured (all French, 35 percent new) and is grown on vines planted in the early 1970s - though they were grafted to sauvignon blanc/semillon in the early 1980s. It's an ageworthy white. You notice the oak. Not so much in the flavour, as in the wine's texture. It's soft and creamy. It otherwise tastes of gravel and thistles, lemon rind and grapefruit. It's classy all over: pure, long, soft and yet distinct. A burst of bitey flavour/acid darts through the finish. A classy white.
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