Moss Wood Semillon 2020
- 90
- $36
- Drink by: 2020 - 2025
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There is a tendency to ignore any Semillon which does not hail from the Hunter Valley (and sadly, a tendency to ignore most of those as well), but the reality is that there are some very fine, though different, examples from a number of other regions, including Margaret River. Moss Wood’s Semillon has long snuck under the radar for most, though it has a loyal core of supporters, justly so.
A crisp style, with hay, nettle and honey notes. Honey and grass – sounds like a great name for a 70s rock band. Lovely texture, good acidity and fine length. A wine with focus and pleasing style, with a good four to five years ahead of it and very different to what we have come to expect from the Hunter.
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.
