Winery Brokenwood - Howard Vineyard Semillon

Winery BrokenwoodHoward Vineyard Semillon

4.3
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Howard Vineyard Semillon of Winery Brokenwood is a white wine from the region of Hunter Valley of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Howard Vineyard Semillon of Winery Brokenwood in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud often reveals types of flavors of microbio, oak or citrus fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Brokenwood's Howard Vineyard Semillon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
10.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

Last vintages of this wine

Howard Vineyard Semillon - 2013
In the top 100 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110

The best vintages of Howard Vineyard Semillon from Winery Brokenwood are 2013

Informations about the Winery Brokenwood

The winery offers 101 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 60 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hunter Valley in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The Winery Brokenwood is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 76 wines for sale in the of Hunter Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
In the top 25000 of of Australia wines
In the top 2000 of of Hunter Valley wines
In the top 150000 of white wines
In the top 500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Hunter Valley

The Hunter Valley is unquestionably the best known and most highly prized wine region in NewSouthWales. Its most famous wine style is its distinctive Dry Semillon, while Shiraz, is also long-established. It is also regarded as a pioneer of Australian Chardonnay. Hunter Valley Semillon Semillon was first planted here in the 1830s.


The wine region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The NewSouthWales wine appellation is made up of 16 different regions and covers approximately 810,000 square kilometres (312,000 square miles). This is the Size of the state of New South Wales, one of the six that make up the federal Commonwealth of Australia. Although it is one of the smallest Australian states geographically, it has been the most populous since the first European settlements in the 18th century. The South East Australia GI area is the largest in Australia and can include any wine produced in New South Wales as well as Victoria, Tasmania and Parts of South Australia.

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The word of the wine: Drain

Stopper, originally made of wood, used to plug barrels and more generally all wooden containers used to store or mature wine.

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