Le  Mount Pleasant  Lovedale Sémillon a été nommé en 2017 ‘“Sémillon of the Year”  par James Halliday et est classifié ‘EXTRAORDINAIRE’ dans la classification Langton. Le sémillon Lovedale est particulièrement prisé des collectionneurs car, conservé dans de bonnes conditions, il possède un potentiel de garde d’au moins 40 ans.

Notes de dégustation: couleur jaune vert pale. Arômes d’herbe coupée. Le millésime 2007 est un millésime excellent pour le sémillon avec des saveurs de citron vert rehaussées de nuances florales. C’est « zingy », « zappy » et ça fait saliver. 11,5% d’alcool et 2,9 de pH. On a envie d’en boire ! On perçoit déjà des notes de brioche toastée mais, plus vous patienterez plus vous serez récompensés. Évolution favorable jusqu’en 2025. 

WINERY OF THE YEAR 2017 BY JAMES HALLIDAY

NOTES ET COMMENTAIRES

JAMES HALLIDAY: 96Points

James Halliday 2014 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion Festooned with Gold medals, the wine is undoudtedly superb, coming as it does from a good vintage and a very great vineyard. The interesting part is the CO 2 prickle that underwrites the longer term future of an already beautiful lemon and mineral- accened wine. To 2022

GARY WALSH, Winefront  95/100

Due for release in the next couple of weeks, here’s the first published note of the ‘modern era’. Already sporting a fine degree of complexity, the 07 Lovedale offers a mix of lime, subtle floral and aniseed top notes along with some bottle aged honey and toasted nuts. It’s juicy and flavoursome, well rounded, with a core of gentle, yet controlling, acidity and a compellingly long and tasty finish – flavours of lime marmalade on toast are offset by a flinty cut of drying acidity. Clear and composed and already moving into ‘The Zone’ where Hunter Semillon becomes something other than just another low alcohol dry white. Enjoy over the next decade, though no kittens will die should you choose to drink it young – it’s terrific right now.

TYSON STELZER, Stelzer Tyson Stelzer.com 95/100

Lovedale is one of the great single vineyard semillons of the world, and its pedigree and sheer magnificence only emerge after some years in bottle. 2007 is a grand rendition, maturing ever so slowly, still retaining its pale straw-green hue. Primary cut grass and youthful lemon and lime zest are the themes here, upholding great energy and impressive drive of lemony acidity. Gentle Lovedale mineral texture hovers on a finish of suspended poise. Patience.