Mount Horrocks Semillon

Mount Horrocks Clare Valley Semillon

Mount Horrocks Semillon- This wine is pale gold in colour with a lime-edge. Impressively light, elegant and zesty with vibrant flavours of lemon, freshly cut grass, and subtle spicy oak over a layer of restrained creamy texture. Stylish and balanced on the finish.

The Mount Horrocks Semillon is from a low yielding, north facing vineyard in Watervale, sitting at an altitude of 480 meters above sea level. It has been an Australian Certified Organic (ACO) wine since 2014. Harvest is always done by hand. The  Semillon Vineyard is on distinctly weaker, rocky soil. The vines struggle and the crop is kept in check, resulting in great depth of flavour. Mount Horrocks Semillon demonstrates long lingering lemon and spice flavours complemented by creamy lees complexity and a touch of French oak.

Upon arrival at the winery, the hand-harvested grapes were crushed and destemmed. This wine was 100% barrel-fermented in French oak barriques, of which 40% were new. Lees stirring took place every two weeks for three months, and the wine remained on the lees to age for a further nine months. As always, the wine was bottled without fining.

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Mount Horrocks Wines restricts production to approximately 2,500 cases per annum to achieve the highest quality single vineyard wines. All three estate-owned Clare Valley vineyards, totaling ten hectares, are ‘A grade certified’ by Australian Certified Organic (ACO).

Only estate grown grapes are used and these are hand-picked and gently handled under conditions that ensure the varietal and site-specific flavours in the resultant wine, as well as its organic status, are retained.

Mount Horrocks Semillon