Tyrrell's Belford Single Vineyard Semillon 2016

Tyrrell's Belford Single Vineyard Semillon 2016The Belford Vineyard is the northern most of the Tyrrells Hunter Valley vineyards and was planted with Semillon vines in 1933. The vineyard has been leased by Tyrrell's since the early 1980s. The vineyard sits on very fine, deep alluvial sand which imparts a fuller, almost honeyed flavour to the wine. "Belford is looking really good in 2016. It's such a young wine, but there's a pleasing roundness and fleshy quality to the mid palate that sets this

Can it be any coincidence that

dried roses and tobacco

Almost impenetrable dark plums and licorice

fig and lemon pith and then hints of almond and brioche

smoky spice notes

and all the ingredients are here for a long life

"The St Henri Shiraz is often one of my favorite reds in the Penfolds Collection

A very macho wine

undeveloped and still emerging

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate – 98+ points

Expressive aromatics

the ripe acidity enhancing the fruit sweetness