Alright, this one came into my possession due to two jet-setting friends who were visiting and wine tasting in Australia! This got smuggled back to me in one of their bags which is testament to two things: one – the general awesomeness of my friends, and two – the general legendary status of my wine guzzling desires. Basically, you can’t tell me you went to any wine country and not bring me back a bottle!
Ryan and Aura did a great job NOT bringing me some boring old Chardonnay, or a Cab – in fact, they smartly brought me back a piece of history! According to semi-okay Wikipedia, Semillon came to Australia in the 1800s and is one of the key white wines grown in Oz to this very day. Two styles emerge from this grape. It can either go golden yellow, with soft acidity and honey notes OR, go pale and crisp and dry. This Pepper Tree puppy is definitely on the latter team – it was definitely citrusy (mostly lemon) with touches of green apple.
I can’t remember what we sat down to eat it with on night one. I think we had it with some kind of gargantuan salad. It didn’t work well. I think often your salad dressing will really conflict with whatever wine you are guzzling, especially if your salad dressing is vinegar based. Often the damn dressing will be stronger than your wine! But on night two, we had it with an asian shrimp stir-fry, and it went with it SWIMMINGLY. I literally let it all swim in my mouth together – the lemony spritz of the wine clearly went perfectly with the shrimp. And anything citrusy always seems to goose up boring broccoli and other vegetables.
Semillon is not my favorite white, although I definitely prefer it over Sauvignon Blancs and buttery Chardonnays. Lately, I’ve become a happy little Viognier girl, but I certainly appreciate how far this wine had to travel to get to my dinner table. Thanks again, Ryan and Aura!
PS – that bird statue was found by the BF just a handful of houses down from us. It was just sitting on top of the garbage. It looks like the Maltese Falcon but it’s not. He likes posing with my wines, so far.
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