Having opened perhaps my second or third bottle, I’m now more convinced than ever, that this wine represents the purest expression of the unoaked version of this grape variety since the ridiculously good version of this label made in 1986.

I’ve yet to try such a pristine example of Tyrrell’s old vine Semillon with such extended bottle age that smells and tastes as if it was picked and bottled a few years ago.

Developing at a snail’s pace with an infantile bright pale straw/green colour, the wine possesses phenomenal aromatics of lime juice, lanolin and freshly mown hay with just a hint of “Sunlight” soap and not an iota of the honey, toast and nuttiness normally associated with this particular winestyle as it approaches its tenth year in bottle. Similarly, the palate is pure, tight and structured with an abundance of citrussy/lime fruit and a wealth of rapier-like minerally acidity with a mouth-quenching crisp finish of enormous length. Great potential for another decade and a half of improvement. May last for another decade after that! 93 points with a better score to come in time. Only 10.3% A/V and sealed with a good quality cork. I’m glad I’ve got over a case of this in the cellar. In fact, I need to get a few more (cases), the wine is that good!