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Hobbs Semillon 2008

Wine Description

Picked from our own Semillon vines planted in the early 1960's. All of our dessert wines are made the same way. We do not use Botrytis infected fruit or fortification in any of our dessert wines. After hand picking the grapes are placed into trays and semi dried. This drying process highlights and intensifies natural flavours and aromas. Giving a very long clean and crisp finish combined with wonderful fruit.

Wine Tasting Notes

The colour is golden with a nose carrying citrus  overtones of tangelo and mandarin and hints of honeycomb. The palate of nectarine marmalade with glorious  lifted spices  is  silky smooth, long and layered with great balance and acidity giving a clean finish.

Wine Reviews

Hobbs Semillon 2006

Rating 94 points

Bright, gleaming gold, intensely rich, luscious citrus and cumquat with excellent balancing acidity.

8.5% alcohol. 

(Source: James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010)

Hobbs Semillon 2006

Rating 92 points

Sweet and rich but not over the top, offering pure pear, pineapple and cream aromas and flavors, finishing with a refined balance. Has plenty of room to grow, but this is already delicious. Drink now through 2018.

(source: Wine Spectator, Harvey Steiman, posted May 12th, 2010)