Tyrrell's Stevens Single Vineyard Semillon 2023

Tyrrell's Stevens Single Vineyard Semillon 2023The Stevens Vineyard, located on a hill beside Marrowbone Road 1. 5 kilometres from the edge of Cessnock, is Tyrrell's southernmost Semillon vineyard. The oldest plantings on this dry grown vineyard are from 1911. Bruce Tyrrell struck a deal to buy grapes from the Stevens family in 1992, sealing it with a handshake. In March 2022, Tyrrells purchased the property from the Stevens family. "I know I said the 2022 was the best Stevens in years, but this

Wayne Stehbens was appointed winemaker and he made his first vintage in 1980 in the Katnook woolshed – just as Riddoch had done 84 years earlier

It was just a brilliant year

Castiglione Falletto

Super-concentrated deep blackcurrant

which sits in a full bodied silky Pinot Noir with enormous depth and complex spicy flavours

but not at the expense of depth

was acquired by Dr Mike Peterkin in 1979

Drink Now - 17+ years

At 410 metres

nevertheless

mature semillon with a long acid line

Yet it never loses its pedigree nor its historical touch points and time-honoured reliability