2015 Teusner Gabrielle Aged Semillon, Barossa Valley

80yo vines; hand harvested; whole-bunch pressed; fermented and matured 8 months on lees in old oak barrels. Full-throttle Barossa Valley old-vine semillon set for a future of white Bordeaux proportions! This is a powerful vintage that unites lemon fruit, cashew-nut oak, electric acidity and lanolin development in larger-than-life proportions. A bright, straw-green hue and searing acid cut proclaim its youth and grand potential.

Tyson Stelzer winecompanion.com.au

Gabrielle Bonheur ‘Coco’ Chanel once said ‘Fashion changes – style endures', which I think says it all about Barossa Valley Semillon.
 
In my view, time has proven Semillon to be the only white variety grown in the Barossa Valley capable of producing a world class wine. And whilst many times over the years other eminently more popular varieties have been planted in the dry Barossa Valley soils, none have produced a wine of excellence, and none have endured. The piles of freshly ripped Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay vines that litter the Barossa Valley landscape today are glaring testament.
 
That the Barossa Valley can still lay claim to be home to the oldest plantings of Semillon in the world is thanks to the generations of Barossa grape growing families who’ve stuck by it (despite the cripplingly low prices being paid in many cases) and the handful of battle hardened Barossa winemakers who’ve worked long and hard as impassioned advocates, almost always in the face of considerable and sustained headwinds. Yet in spite of all this…and its outstanding pedigree, provenance, impressive qualities and unquestionable style, the tragic irony is that ‘unfashionable’ Semillon now faces the same fate that has befallen even the most ‘fashionable’ varieties! As every year goes by, the Barossa’s stocks of old vine Semillon continue to dwindle.
 
Kym Teusner Winemaker