Thomas Wines
Thomas Wines is not only one of the Hunter Valley’s most renowned winemakers, but nationally and internationally acclaimed for it’s exceptional, single vineyard Hunter Valley wines. Thomas wines have gained somewhat of a ‘cult status’ for its small range of personality imbued wines, many of which offer both pure current drinking pleasure, as well as remarkable cellaring potential.
Winemakers Comments
Hunter Valley semillon is one of the worlds most uniquely regional wine styles. The Braemore vineyard (planted 1969) is situated on the sandy alluvial flats of Hermitage Road, Pokolbin, and consistently produces semillon featuring freshness, vibrancy and remarkable longevity. This wine has achieved an enviable reputation in recent years as being one of the finest examples of classic Hunter Valley semillon.
Hand picked during the last week of january, it was whole bunch pressed to minimise phenolics and fermented in stainless steel using a neutral yeast to enhance varietal purity. The wine spent five weeks resting on its yeast lees prior to fining in preparation for bottling. The Braemore will provide very attractive drinking in its youth, but will also start to emerge with those classic, toasty bottle aged characters with 5 to 6 years in the cellar..
Tasting Notes
Zing! A rapier thrust of tense, coiled, tangy citrus fruit with a fine textural feel of steely minerality that finishes long and pure across the palate. In youth, aromatics are floral and citrus orientated, fresh and vibrant as only young Semillon can be. A wine of subtle complexity, and undeniable pedigree. With time (and this could be decades with patient cellaring), the wine will mellow and flesh out well with lemon curd and toast characters, yet the faint core of tight acidity will keep the wine refreshing to drink.
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