2021 Sorrenberg Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
Beechworth, VIC
One of the country's most extraordinary versions of this classic white blend.
$50.00
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It’s steely and taut...and good for it in refreshment factor, scintillating freshness and detail. Love it.
Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
About the Wine
This is regarded by many as Australia's most cellar-worthy blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon.
Owner/vigneron Barry Morey makes this in a traditional way, utilising a small amount of skin contact, 100% barrel ferment and extended ageing on lees to give extra dimensions to this classic white coupling.
This wine drinks beautifully from the day it is released, but with time in bottle comes more chapters to the story.
Considered one of the touchstones for quality for Australian Sauvignon Blanc Semillon blends, this is a wine you need in your cellar.
About Sorrenberg
Barry and Jan Morey planted their stunning Beechworth vineyard in 1986. Their first release in 1989 began the Sorrenberg story, a story destined to be one of Australia's great estates.
Barry farms with adherence to biodynamics, believing this to be the best way to get the most out of his home block of 2.4 Ha. on the outskirts of Beechworth. Their wines are famous for their balance and longevity.
The wines are made in traditional fashion, with wild yeasts for fermentation, gentle oak maturation and basket pressing for each wine.
The Gamay, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc Semillon and Cabernet blend are amongst the finest of heir kind in the country. Sorrenberg is one of the true gems of Beechworth, and indeed Australian, wine.
Photo Credit: Wine Australia
From the Producer
This wine comprising 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Semillon. Most of the Sauvignon Blanc fruit had 8 hours skin contact prior to pressing. The Semillon component is crushed and pressed immediately after picking. This wine was 100% barrel fermented with predominantly larger barrels used. All went through natural yeast fermentation. The extended lees contact helps fill out the middle palate and gives this wine the extra dimension it is known for.
Blend : Sauvignon Blanc (80%), Semillon (20%)
ABV : 13.3%
Closure : Cork
Drink Until : 2035
Bottle Size : 750ml
Photo Credit: Wine Australia
Critic Reviews
"An anticipated release!...Tightly wound. Very. A pent up and structured release with bony acidity under just-ripe stone fruit, lemon, young almond characters and flinty, slate-like mineral characters in spades. Yum. It’s steely and taut, a racier expression of this stellar wine, and good for it in refreshment factor, scintillating freshness and detail. Love it. As complex and layered as other releases? Perhaps not, but it positions itself in a different frame here, if not more serious in a way, or at least destined for longer cellaring time or enjoying over extended time tucked away. Bonza." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
- RHRichard H.Verified BuyerRated 5 stars3 years agoSorrenberg Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
I stopped drinking Sauv Blanc many years ago ... until I tried the Sorrenberg, based on reviews in the Winefront. It's not cheap but it's delicious -- so different from the undrinkable acidic dross served up at most parties. It's the only SBS I buy these days.
- SDSteven D.Verified BuyerRated 5 stars3 years agoDelicious White
I am not a fan of overt, tropical Sauvignon Blanc styles - this beautiful wine is everything they are not. It is a fantastic food wine, it is subtle but full, it is definitely one of the best white wines I have tasted so far.
- JAJohn A.Verified BuyerRated 5 stars3 years agoAs good as many in Bordeaux
First sip gives off classic sauvignon blanc acidity and fruitiness but then the semillon kicks in with a beautiful thick, almost oily texture and mouthfeel.
There's some pine needle, forest floor greenness, some flinty minerality yet it's all underwritten by a distincive clean, dry fruitiness.
A classic that i will have to buy again to cellar.
- TFTimothy F.Verified BuyerRated 5 stars3 years agoPerfectly balanced
This one is a must for anyone.
It's moreish and a delite to drink.
- ATAndrew T.Verified BuyerRated 5 stars3 years agoperfect pairing
A delicious Sav Blanc / Sem. can't fault it. went perfect with prawn linguine. absolutely loved by all.
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