Tyrrell's Vat 1 Semillon 2016

Tyrrell's Vat 1 Semillon 2016The first Tyrrell's Vat 1 Semillon was produced in 1963 from grapes grown on the Short Flat Vineyard. The oldest vines were planted in 1923. Vat 1 has gone on to become Australias most awarded white wine, with almost 5,500 medals and more than 330 trophies to its name. It is arguably the world's finest Semillon and is undoubtedly one of Australia's greatest wines. "Vat 1s capacity to age is prodigious. Barley water, honeysuckle, lemon drop, dried

New plantings in 2016 included Grenache to replace natural losses of old vines and a new Shiraz block

The aromatics are exceptionally harmonious and integrated

but with extra weight and depth

and a top vintage for this wine

Cloaked in plenty of new French oak

Certainly one of the finest Moss Wood releases to date

Although V&A Lane pretty much runs east-west through the centre of the terra rossa strip

The wines from the Rocche dell’Annunziata site are among the most complex

Opened one on Xmas day

salted liquorice

with a prodigious lingering aftertaste

stately red