Arrowfield ‘The Authors’ Semillon 2005 Monday, Jul 24 2006
Tasting Notes and Hunter Valley and Australia and Variety and White and semillon et al
The Authors is a new range of wines from Arrowfield. They sit in the middle of the range and below the reserve series. To date they have all been good wines that offer good drinking and value for money. Fruit is sourced from around Australia with a view to matching variety to region. I have the unwooded chardonnay and sauvignon blanc left to review.
Aromas of lemon, honey, touch of herb (rosemary) and a little wool jumper (sulphur). The palate has lemon, herb and some spice flavours. Fairly soft for a young semillon and a little dilute. I’d like to see a bit more focus on and tightness on the palate for higher marks.
Rated : 89 Points
Tasted : Jul06
Alcohol : 11.5%
Price : $16.99
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2006 - 2010
Source : Winery Sample
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July 24th, 2006 at 11:32 am| Quote |
I was sent two bottles of this so I gave local semillon enthusiast Fluffy Hair Adair a bottle to try. In the interest of balance I include his recent tasting note -
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TN: 2005 Arrowfield “The Author’s” Semillon - Hunter Valley, 11.5%
Lemon with hints of bread and nuances of lime and vanilla with a generous, slightly creamy, mouthfeel that continues to build flavour and sensation throughout a long palate assisted by smooth, fine yet powerful integrated acidity. This is a classy and already very seductive wine that with undoubtedly transform from 2009 into an excellent example of aged Semillon. Very impressive. 90/100 (18/20).
Arrowfield is not a name I associate with the top echelon of wine, but this is the first of their wines I have had from this label. This wine has obviously improved since Gary Walsh’s tasting note taken not long after bottling.
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July 24th, 2006 at 8:31 pm| Quote |
Quoted on Winorama… I feel honoured.
Seriously, this wine is a great example of palate preference. Your wanting more focus and tightness is the same attribute that I saw as generous and smooth, although I did not think “line” was compromised. I agree that it definitely is not a Vat 1 intensity level sort of wine, but nonetheless I did not get a sense of dilution, especially as I sensed the wine gaining intensity from front to back. Vive la difference!
Adair
P.S. Thank you for the sample.