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De Beaurepaire Coeur d’Or Central Ranges Botrytis Semillon 2021

Posted: July 21, 2022

Well-made wine with a rich botrytis lift, fresh apricot-like fruit and tannins balancing the sugar.

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De Bortoli Wines Black Noble Riverina Botrytis Semillon NV

Posted: July 21, 2022

Gorgeous nose – all caramel, dark fruits and coffee. The palate is rich and sweet and full of lovely ageing fruit flavours. “Very easy to drink!”

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De Bortoli Wines Noble One Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2019

Posted: July 21, 2022

A deep golden, full bodied, wine – very sweet, very flavoursome with citrus/pineapple characters and very good underlying acidity.

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Saddler’s Creek Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2019

Posted: July 21, 2022

Intense pome fruit fragrances with honeyed tropical nuances and very rich and flavoursome sweet fruit palate with a fresh acid line to balance.

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Tempus Two Pewter Hunter Valley Botrytis Semillon 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Pronounced honeyed varietal aromatics and a long, full-bodied, palate filling the mouth with flavour.

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Berton Vineyards Reserve Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2019

Posted: April 14, 2022

Wonderfully lively honeyed marmalade-like fruit characters on the nose and a huge luscious apricot driven palate with crisp acid finish.

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Saddler’s Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2019

Posted: December 2, 2021

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Yarran A Few Words Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2018

Posted: December 2, 2021

Maderised citrus nose with great balance of fruit, acid and sugar on the palate.

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De Bortoli Wines Noble One (375ml) Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2018

Posted: December 2, 2021

Impressive marmalade-like aromas with toasty oak notes. The palate has a massive amount of fruit and loads of sugar but it’s all perfectly balanced by the acid.

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Allegiance Wines Sweet Betty Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2018

Posted: November 30, 2021

Lovely sweet floral fruit bouquet with herbal notes. Beautifully balanced sweet, fresh and lively palate with good acid balance.

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Berton Vineyards Reserve Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2018

Posted: November 30, 2021

A delightful melange of glazed citrus, ripe pineapple and apple pie aromas. A creamy palate with complexity and length of apple pie flavours.

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Saddler’s Creek Riverina NSW Botrytis Semillon 2015

Posted: November 30, 2021

A beautifully aged wine with well developed bottle age. Dried apricot-like bouquet; rich and creamy in the mouth with a complexity of dried stonefruit flavours.

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De Bortoli Deen De Bortoli Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2017

Posted: November 30, 2021

A very complex, elegant and well-made wine with lovely vibrancy of glazed fruit/marmalade-like aromas and flavours with hints of figs and lemon-like notes.

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Top Note The Noble Rose Adelaide Hills Botrytis Semillon 2017

Posted: July 3, 2019

Luscious, developed and complex style but has freshness and vibrancy with some botrytis evident.

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Saddler’s Creek Hunter Valley Botrytis Semillon 2015

Posted: May 1, 2019

A rich, luscious and well balanced wine showing honeyed complexity of cumquat fruit with almond-like elements and Oolong tea characters on nose and palate.

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A Grower’s Touch Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2013

Posted: November 7, 2018

Soft and rounded style that has a lovely mix of tropical and citrus-like fruit with some excellent complexity of botrytis elements.

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Saddler’s Creek Wines Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2015

Posted: July 4, 2018

Sweet nutty apricot nose with a savoury edge; flavours of citrus, mangoes and honey with some oak. Very drinkable.

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De Beaurepaire Coeur d’Or Mudgee Botrytis Semillon 2016

Posted: May 2, 2018

Bold intense honey/lime botrytis complexity to the nose with smoky notes. Flavours of tropical and stonefruits, honey and caramel-like oak complexity with an acid bite to the finish.

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Berton Vineyards Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2016

Posted: May 2, 2018

Deep golden wine with obvious honeyed/dry apricot botrytis characters on the very appealing nose. Powerful botrytis flavours with refreshing line of acid to balance the sweetness.

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De Beaurepaire Coeur d’Or Mudgee Botrytis Semillon 2013

Posted: June 9, 2017

A gorgeous golden wine with a huge concentration of lusciously sweet, but not cloying, tropical fruit characters balanced by the refreshing acidity.

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Tempus Two Pewter Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2013

Posted: April 20, 2017

Aromas of marmalade and tropical fruit with a sweet, ripe and well balanced palate.

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Berton Vineyards Reserve Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2015

Posted: April 20, 2017

Complex butterscotch aromas and a powerfully rich tropical palate with tight acid line.

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De Beaurepaire Coeur d’Or Mudgee Rylstone Botrytis Semillon 2013

Posted: April 4, 2017

Inviting sugary orange peel aromas. Tooth hurting sweetness to the palate. Has good depth and balance. “Needs ice cream”, said one judge.

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Buller Wines Beverford Gold Swan Hill Botrytis Semillon 2010

Posted: April 4, 2017

Attractive marmalade like botrytis characters to the powerful herbal nose. Perfect balance between the sumptuous quince/lychee fruit flavours and the acidity.

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