Briar Ridge Early Harvest Hunter Valley Semillon 2023
This is Semillon au naturel. Picked early, no additions, with an engaging, zesty simplicity to start, it will ever so slowly evolve, and change, and
This is Semillon au naturel. Picked early, no additions, with an engaging, zesty simplicity to start, it will ever so slowly evolve, and change, and
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