2024 Pierro LTC Semillon Sauvignon Blanc

93 pts
A Margaret River classic that’s fresh, textural, and seriously great drinking, Pierro LTC proves why some styles never go out of fashion.

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A classic for a reason, the Pierro LTC is one of the original, and still one of the best, examples of the Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc style. Mike Peterkin’s early belief in this blend set the benchmark, and it still delivers today.

The 2024 release is crisp, dry and full of energy. Semillon gives it structure, Sauvignon Blanc brings bright citrus and green apple flavours, with a splash of Chardonnay and, these days, Chenin Blanc adding a little texture and depth. A small portion of barrel fermentation builds some subtle complexity without losing freshness.

It’s a clean, vibrant white that’s built for easy drinking now, but has enough backbone to age a few years if you want to see it mellow and round out. The perfect partner for seafood, sunny afternoons, and simple good times.

Erin Larkin

Erin Larkin

The Wine Advocate 93 Points

The 2024 L.T.C. is a little musky aromatically, leading with a hint of thiol that leans into the passion fruit, lemongrass, guava and rock melon and then over into lanolin and beeswax. On the palate, the acidity is lemony and pert, and it penetrates most aspects of the fruit. The wine is tightened by the acid and only opens out again through the finish. An unusual wine, but it routinely shows its best with several years in bottle. One might suggest that this warm vintage could lend itself to earlier drinking; however, the wine was made in warm vintages previously, so it is not entirely new ground. It's a classic cuvée for a reason. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

A classic isn’t just something that is famous or distinctive from a past era. It’s something that continues to be relevant and useful outside the specific time it was created. In 1979 Mike Peterkin produced Australia’s first Semillon Sauvignon Blanc. Working at Cullen’s at the time, the wine went on to win a trophy at the Perth Royal Show. He never claimed any originality for the idea, he simply borrowed it from the French. In 1980 he was so convinced of the blend’s potential in Margaret River he devoted a third of the Pierro plantings to the varieties. The L.T.C. has been judged over the last 40 years as not only the first, but as the one of the best in its class. A wine of place, of time and of the people who brought the style to Australia. In the words of Coco Chanel: “Fashion fades, style remains”

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type White
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Sauvignon Blanc
Country Australia
Region Margaret River
Australian State WA
Reviewed By The Wine Advocate
The Wine Front
Critic Score 93
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

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