Wine Review: Fresh 'drink now' semillon

Fresh 'drink now' semillon

Wine: Palmer's Semillon 2012

Reviewing Margaret River varietal semillon normally means I take the opportunity to rant about how misinformed people who think Hunter semillon is the best in the country are.

Normally I’d use an analogy something along the lines of Hunter semillon is like the Gimp from Pulp Fiction – that is, you need to keep it locked in a dark cellar for years before it remotely turns into something interesting.

But not this time. I’ll let it slide for a change and just focus on the wine at hand. And that wine is the Palmer semillon 2012.

This is made down at the simpler end of the spectrum to produce a simply refreshing and zesty wine.

Not having the ubiquitous sauvignon blanc bended in means this is more about zesty freshness than busty fruit characters.

And fresh it is.

The wine is lightly aromatic with some musk fragrance and citrus blossom, not at all in your face but more nuanced.

The palate is where the wine livens up with lemon grass, a touch of guava, and a racy citrus blast on the finish. It certainly gets the juices flowing.

Overall a good, simple, sunny day bistro wine.

Would probably get more complexity with age, but why bother. Drink now.

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