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Our Estate range represents our efforts to produce the best wine possible to truly represent the Wilyabrup region.
The formula is hand-picked fruit from old, unirrigated vines which are hand pruned and canopy-managed for low yields and optimum flavour ripeness. Only the best fruit goes into the Estate wines and the process is overseen by the passionate vineyard and winemaking teams.

2007 Juniper Estate Semillon
	Awards:	2008 Sydney International Wine Show - Blue Gold Medal 2008 Mt Barker Wine Show - Silver Medal 2008 Rutherglen Wine Show - Bronze Medal 2008 Margaret River Wine Show - Bronze Medal
	Reviews:	Barrel ferment inputs tend to overshadow the varietal fruit, but do invest the wine with complexity; deserves a year or two to flex its fruit muscles. Screwcap. 13% alc Rating 89 Drink 2013 Date Tasted Oct 08 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2010 The smooth lightly creamy lineal nature of this Margaret River Semillon makes it highly drinkable. The soft acidity just adds further to the green herbs, lemony citrus, apples and pears that all make their way to the palate. A well structured food friendly white that is travelling with age very well. True to its origins, it delivers on all counts. Try this with Chinese vegetables and fried tofu. Drink to 2012. About $22. 91/100 – Excellent. Paul Ippolito, 5 Minute Wine Rush, http://www.paulippolito.com.au , 8th June 2009 There have been some exceptional semillons released from Juniper Estate but this one may well be the best. Fragrant honeysuckle and lemon aromas with the faintest hint of freshly mown grass. The palate is impeccably balanced with subtle oak resulting from barrel fermentation and very powerful yet neatly controlled. 95/100 Ray Jordan, Drink It, West Weekend Magazine 28th February 2009. They only make a few hundred cases but it’s well worth seeking out. Fragrant with clove spice oak over lemon/lime and lightly grassy fruit. In the mouth dry, spicy and a little grassy with lime, melon and apple fruit. Nice and tight but creamy and textured with it. Dry and spicy on the finish. The oak needs a little more time to settle in but I really like this style. Another winner from Juniper. Rated : 92 Points Tasted : Jan 09 Alcohol : 13% Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2010 - 2016 Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, 8 January 2009

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