Winery Draytons Family WinesOakey Creek Semillon Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Oakey Creek Semillon Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Oakey Creek Semillon Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Oakey Creek Semillon Blanc
The Oakey Creek Semillon Blanc of Winery Draytons Family Wines matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of sardines with escabeche, shrimp and zucchini with curry and coconut milk or tarte tatin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Draytons Family Wines's Oakey Creek Semillon Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Neretto di Bairo
Light, fruity reds with a clear ruby colour, silky tannins and an airy palate with fresh acidity. Signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry) and gentle spice. A confidential heritage variety. Occasionally blended into Canavese DOC wines or bottled as a single-variety micro-cuvée by artisan producers. A native black grape of Piedmont's Canavese area, around Bairo.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Oakey Creek Semillon Blanc from Winery Draytons Family Wines are 2013, 0
Informations about the Winery Draytons Family Wines
The Winery Draytons Family Wines is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 78 wines for sale in the of Hunter Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Hunter Valley
Cradle of Australian viticulture (1825), 160 km north of Sydney. World signature: dry low-alcohol Sémillon (10-11°) with fresh citrus notes in youth, evolving after 10-15 years to candied lemon, toast, honey and beeswax, spectacular ageing. Medium-bodied "Hunter style" Shiraz, supple and earthy (leather, plum, sweet spices), capable of decades. Also Chardonnay and Verdelho.
The wine region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
Australia's 2nd wine state with diverse regions. Iconic Hunter Valley: a Sémillon unlike any other, straight, low-alcohol dry whites with vivid citrus when young, evolving over 10-20 years toward honey, toast and lanolin. Medium-bodied Hunter Shiraz, spicy and earthy (leather, red fruits). Also round Chardonnay and aromatic Verdelho.
The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting
The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.
