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Thomas Wines Cellar Reserve Braemore Semillon 2016

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Thomas Wines Cellar Reserve Braemore Semillon 2016
Thomas Wines Cellar Reserve Braemore Semillon 2016
Producer Thomas Wines
Region, Country Hunter Valley, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 21218-750

Put simply, bottle-aged Hunter Semillon lives in a house of its own, and Andrew Thomas crafts one of this rare style’s beacons. Released after six years of bottle age in a climate-controlled cellar (held at 15°C), the Cellar Reserve Braemore is Thomas’ emblematic wine. Thomas believes his Braemore Semillon really starts to reach its peak expression at 10 years old, but releases this wine at six, when the wine’s youthful citrus and green tones are starting blossom to those iconic flavours of toasted brioche, honeycomb and grilled nuts. If he could afford to keep it for longer—he would!


Andrew Thomas explains that in most vintages, the Cellar Reserve is exactly the same wine as the regular Braemore Semillon. However, some vintages might see a little more fruit from what he calls his “gun tanks”; those parcels that look particularly impressive. 

Thomas Wines Cellar Reserve Braemore Semillon 2016
Thomas Wines Cellar Reserve Braemore Semillon 2016

Reviews

“An exquisite wine that suggests the style here was finer boned and less overt of fruit, in the past. Barley water, lemon oil and a strong waft of peat, not dissimilar to great champagne or Laphroaig. Lightweight and skeletal, yet of immense thrust, intensity of extract, drive and length. A bit tangy, to be churlish. Nevertheless, an indomitable wine worthy of much attention”
96 points, Ned Goodwin MW, Winecompanion.com.au
“Really youthful in appearance, mid-straw colour, looking smart for six years of age. Lifted, layered and complex aromas of lemon butter, toast, lemon pith, mineral and wet-stone. Still fresh and lively, with lashings of lemon, grapefruit, nuttiness and crunchy, mouth-watering acidity. Just beginning its journey. Impressive stuff.”
96 points, Aaron Brasher, The Real Review

Reviews

“An exquisite wine that suggests the style here was finer boned and less overt of fruit, in the past. Barley water, lemon oil and a strong waft of peat, not dissimilar to great champagne or Laphroaig. Lightweight and skeletal, yet of immense thrust, intensity of extract, drive and length. A bit tangy, to be churlish. Nevertheless, an indomitable wine worthy of much attention”
96 points, Ned Goodwin MW, Winecompanion.com.au
“Really youthful in appearance, mid-straw colour, looking smart for six years of age. Lifted, layered and complex aromas of lemon butter, toast, lemon pith, mineral and wet-stone. Still fresh and lively, with lashings of lemon, grapefruit, nuttiness and crunchy, mouth-watering acidity. Just beginning its journey. Impressive stuff.”
96 points, Aaron Brasher, The Real Review

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