MOUNT PLEASANT MC WILLIAM WINES – MOUNT PLEASANT LOVEDALE SEMILLON 2010
Le Mount Pleasant Lovedale Sémillon a été nommé en 2017 ‘“Sémillon of the Year” par James Halliday et il 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 et vert pâle. Arômes d’herbe coupée. Le millésime 2010 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. 10% d’alcool et 6,8 G/L d’acidité. 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 2030.
VIN: MOUNT PLEASANT LOVEDALE SÉMILLON 2010 |
WINERY OF THE YEAR 2017 BY JAMES HALLIDAY
NOTES ET COMMENTAIRES
JAMES HALLIDAY: 97/100 Points
Lovedale is both a vineyard and a wine. The site was selected in 1939 by legendary Mount Pleasant founder and winemaker the late Maurice O’Shea. It was planted in 1946, with Semillon accounting for more than two-thirds of its 31ha. The first Lovedale Semillon was made in 1950 and the wine is today considered one of Australia’s (and the world’s) finest semillons, evidenced by its place in the Langton’s Classification. Handpicked grapes are de-stemmed, crushed, must chilled and the juice settled. The clear juice is racked off, warmed up and inoculated with a neutral yeast. A slow, cold ferment retains fruit flavour. One month after fermentation the wine is blended, stabilized and sterile filtered prior to bottling. Lovedale is released with five or more years of bottle age. The nine vintages released between 1999 and 2011 won 29 trophies and 57 gold medals in Australian and international competition. As James Halliday says: ‘Lovedale is one of the greatest Australian semillons, with a life span measured in decades, not years’.