The Lane Gathering Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2022
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- $45
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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We already acknowledge the quality of Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc as a stand-alone wine. What does the addition of Semillon – transforming Sauvignon Blanc into a classic Bordeaux blend – do? Well, it does a nice job. Sweet scented in spring blossom with vibrant herbals to the fore – tarragon, ginger, sage, dill – it’s a lively, fresh introduction. To taste, the obvious herbaceousness present on the bouquet brings a real zesty tang to the palate. That impressive burst joins a grapefruit pith dryness with marked acidity finishing chalky dry. Looks like the Adelaide Hills is taking on Margaret River at its own game.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
