Brokenwood ILR Reserve Semillon 2011
- 96
- $100
- Drink by: 2021 - 2033
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Another stunning semillon, a decade old but as fresh as one could imagine. The choice for ILR from this superb vintage comes from a mix of the Sunshine and Trevena Vineyards. 2011 may have been ordinary at best throughout most of Australia, but the Hunter had a cracker. Toast and lemon butter notes emerge. It would seem that this wine is developing a fraction quicker than the 2014 ILR but both will drink brilliantly for many years, so it hardly matters. Still offering bright acidity and fine balance. Is that lemons or lemongrass? And a smidge of honey. There is a little more weight evident here, and more roundness. Terrific length. Expect this to drink sensationally for at least another decade.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
