semillon margaret barossa valley peter lehmann masters shelved wine

Semillon “Margaret” Barossa Valley 2015 – Peter Lehmann Masters

Name: Semillon "Margaret" Barossa Valley 2015 - Peter Lehmann Masters | Shelved Wine
SKU: PL212B15LB
Price: 20.53 GBP
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£20.53

While bottle ageing in the Tanunda cellars, the wine has developed an attractive bright straw colour. Aromas of lemon curd, lime rind and honey are evident on the complex nose and are complemented by hints of lanolin and beeswax on a soft rounded mid-palate that superbly balances this lively, zesty wine.

36 in stock

SKU: PL212B15LB Categories: 2015, Australian Wine, Barossa Valley, Peter Lehmann Masters, Semillon, South Australia, Vegeterian, White Wine Tag: Barossa Valley Shiraz

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The grapes to produce the Semillon “Margaret” Barossa Valley Peter Lehmann Masters were picked early and cold-fermented in stainless steel for two weeks to retain fruit delicacy. Only free-run juice was used. Following a three week fermentation period, the wine was clarified and bottled before being cellared at the winery for five years prior to release.

Vines for the Margaret Semillon come from a 1936 planting owned by the Scholz family at Light Pass in the heart of the Barossa. This Semillon is named after Margaret Lehmann – the wife, business partner and champion of Peter Lehmann Wines.

Peter Lehmann started his own winery in 1979, partly as a means of helping with the glut of grapes then afflicting the Barossa. “I’ll take your grapes and turn them into wine,” he told the desperate growers, many of them conservative farmers of Silesian descent who regarded their old vines as part of their patrimony. “But I’ll only be able to pay you when I sell the wine.” They gratefully accepted. Without this deal, it is widely thought that the Barossa would have lost a large swathe of its old vines. The crisis passed, in large part thanks to Peter’s energy and vision, and the Lehmann winery became one of the Barossa’s – and Australia’s – outstanding wineries.