Audrey Wilkinson Museum Reserve Semillon 2006

The Hunter Valley wine region is steeped in history. It is Australia’s oldest continuous grape growing region and in 1848 one of Australia’s first wine shows was held here in the the Hunter Valley. The Hunter Valley Wine Show has been held continuously since 1974 and is regarded as the premier regional wine show of Australia. This is due in no small measure to the quality of the  judging panels it continues to attract.

Amongst the trophies awarded on the day, the Petrie-Drinan Trophy for the best white wine of the show was won by the Audrey Wilkinson 2006 Museum Reserve Semillon, which also collected the Maurice O’Shea Trophy for the best currently available dry white and the McGuigan Family Trophy for the best premium vintage dry white.

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First planted in 1866 by Frederick Wilkinson, Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard is recognised as one of the first vineyards in Pokolbin, Hunter Valley. Frederick and his two sons Audrey and Garth worked tirelessly to establish the vineyard’s reputation of fine craftsmanship and award winning wine, which is today continued by the Agnew family.

The 2006 vintage followed the dry winter of 2005. Relieving rains in Spring resulted in good flowering and excellent fruit set. Late December and January produced hot and extremely dry conditions.

The vineyard is dry grown and consists of a combination of sandy loam and red volcanic clay soils.

The Audrey Wilkinson Museum Reserve 2006 is a classic Hunter Valley Semillon. Medium to full yellow in the glass with a slight green hue, this Reserve Semillon is alive with straw, lanolin, toast and preserved lemon aromas. It is beautiful and still youthful with a lovely depth of lemony fruit that’s beginning to show early stages of toasty development. Brimming with layers of flavour, yet still fresh with savoury length and persistence.

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