Chateau Tanunda 100 Year Old Vines Semillon 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Chateau Tanunda 100 Year Old Vines Semillon 2024
$80, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley

When it comes to old vines, most of the fuss is made over vineyards that grow red grape varieties. You could mount a case though that (very) old white grape vineyards are even rarer in Australia, and the wines they produce therefore that bit more precious. This old vine semillon supports that argument. It’s straw-yellow in colour, feels grapey and velvety in the mouth, shows flavours of peach, wax, apple and citrus and develops a gentle almond cream character as it breathes. It’s drinking well now but you could definitely cellar this for a handful or more years. This is more than just history in a glass; it’s a wine of true character. 94 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

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