"Bill Spohn" > wrote in message
...
> 1999 St. Hallets Semillon Select - many people would say that this wine
> was
> over the hill. I'd say that they don't understand Semillon. It had a
> medium
> amber colour, a nose of mixed lime juice and wood smoke, had more of a
> lemon
> flavour on palate, and was complex, finishing quite crisply. I wouldn't
> hold it
> any longer, but it certainly drinks well now.

Generally, though not always, Barossa semillons don't age that well and tend
towards coarseness. Hunter semillons on the other hand....I still have a
couple of bottles of Draytons 7038, (1970). This wine is still drinking
superbly. Lindemans semillons from a good year will last a long time.

Ron Lel