Thompson Estate Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2024
- 92
- $36
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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The famous Classic Dry White blend from the West, done very well. The colour is a deep yellow and the wine offers flavour to spare. Ripe notes of peaches and mandarins, with a flick of herbs, this leans to the tropical in style. There is a creamy texture along with vibrant acidity and excellent length, with balance maintained over the full journey. Enjoy over the next three to six years and it is likely to show improvement over that time and deserve a higher score.
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.
