Parched Crow McDonalds Flat Bicentenary Semillon 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Parched Crow McDonalds Flat Bicentenary Semillon 2025.

Parched Crow McDonalds Flat Bicentenary Semillon 2025
$30, 11% alcohol, screwcap, Hunter Valley.

This has a bit more body than is customary for young Hunter Valley semillon but it still has drive and length, and feels (high) quality throughout. Citrus, slate and stonefruit flavours are delivered in dry, assertive style, a gentle rub of texture helping to keep the flow of it all smooth. This is a very good wine, fresh, buoyant and persistent. 94 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. 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; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
Previous

Parched Crow Chardonnay 2023
Next

Henschke Julius Riesling 2025