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Levantine Hill EstateMelange Botrytis 2020
Sweet, Medium Bodied style of Semillon
Yarra Valley, Australia
About this product
Sweet, Medium Bodied style of SemillonYarra Valley, AustraliaThe 2020 vintage provided unusually ideal mid to late season growing conditions to facilitate production of a Botrytis-influenced sweet Sauternes-style dessert wine from our Maroondah Highway vineyard. This time-honoured wine style brings an unctuous expression to our mature-age Semillon vines which is enhanced further through the introduction of small but essential complexing elements of late-harvested Sauvignon Blanc for restrained acidity with Muscadelle & Sauvignon Gris for perfume and weight. Concentrated and complexed via infection of the selected berries with the noble Botrytis cinerea, this wine is rich and hedonistic, luscious and viscous yet elegant and structured. Aromas of golden syrup dumplings, barley sugar, crystallised ginger, beeswax andorange marmalade meld with flavours of orange poppy seed cake, cumquat and cardamom panna cotta. A smattering of phenolics on the finish helps draw the palate long giving resolution and profundity, keeping the sweetness in check. It will gain further richness and dark allure with careful cellaring over 10+ years.
The 2020 vintage provided unusually ideal mid to late season growing conditions to facilitate production of a Botrytis-influenced sweet Sauternes-style dessert wine from our Maroondah Highway vineyard. This time-honoured wine style brings an unctuous expression to our mature-age Semillon vines which is enhanced further through the introduction of small but essential complexing elements of late-harvested Sauvignon Blanc for restrained acidity with Muscadelle & Sauvignon Gris for perfume and weight. Concentrated and complexed via infection of the selected berries with the noble Botrytis cinerea, this wine is rich and hedonistic, luscious and viscous yet elegant and structured. Aromas of golden syrup dumplings, barley sugar, crystallised ginger, beeswax andorange marmalade meld with flavours of orange poppy seed cake, cumquat and cardamom panna cotta. A smattering of phenolics on the finish helps draw the palate long giving resolution and profundity, keeping the sweetness in check. It will gain further richness and dark allure with careful cellaring over 10+ years.
Medium bodied white wines have a lightly textured mouthfeel with moderate flavour impact. Often pale lemon coloured to pale gold.
Sweet wines have a noticeable, persistent sweetness.
- TypeSemillon
- Size375ML
- RegionYarra Valley
- Current Vintage2020* - Vintage is not guaranteed and may vary store to store or when delivered.
- Alcohol Volume13%
- CountryAustralia
- StateVictoria
- Brand NameLevantine Hill Estate
- Wine MakerPaul Bridgeman
- Food MatchBlue Cheese
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessSweet
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
- More about Huon Hooke
Huon Hooke
Prolific Australian wine reviewer for Fairfax Media and The Real Review
Vintage 2020
95 points The Real Review
Deep golden colour, bordering on amber, a colour that reflects the wine’s age. Toffee, poached peach, smoky, toast and marmalade aromas, a hint of vanilla, the wine turning very sweet and unctuous in the mouth with soft acidity and hints of marzipan. There’s a little firmness on the finish from tannin and this helps dry and cleanse the follow-through. A complex sweet white in the fuller weighted, Sauternes style..
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