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NOTES
The Hunter Valley produces some of the most regionally unique styles of wine in the world. Every variety grown has its own unique set of characters and structure that are affected significantly by the climate they enjoy, the soil they are produced from and the winemaking style I prefer. The quality of Margan is controlled from the vineyard right through to the consumer.
All of the wines are produced from Margan’s old vine, low yielding vineyards. The volcanic soils of the Fordwich Sill that nourish our vines produce excellent quality grapes that achieve optimal ripeness of flavour, colour and tannin. The wines have great texture, structure and richness which are a true expression of the vineyard they come from. Margan produce a richer, softer Hunter style of wine.
TASTING NOTES
Green gold in colour with a pungent nose that reflects the cooler ripening period of the 2008 vintage. The wine has pure citrus characters creating excellent line and length. The palate is long and textured with ripe fruit characters up front, a strong middle palate and a long mineral finish. The fruit characters on the palate will further intensify and complex as the wine matures. The wine is drinking superbly now, however will reward long term cellaring.
REVIEWS
Pale in colour, with pure lemon sherbet aroma; the palate is tightly knit with vibrant acidity and fruit, and with just enough generosity for early drinking; the structure is there to reward patient cellaring. Screwcap.11.5% alc. Rating 94 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2010
This baby instantly reminded me of the incredible Lindemans Bin 3455 and Bin 3450 semillons from 1968. Fortunately, the economic rationalist idiots of Southcorp subdivided and flogged those old Lindeman vineyards in 1996, and it took the drive, passion and obsession of the Margans to begin buying those five blocks, rejuvenating the old vines, and making wines like this splendid wonder. It’s very special country, with the Fordwich Sill, a freakish plug of ferruginous clay of volcanic origins imparting style and flavour that compares to the distinction
afforded wines like, say, Petrus, by their peculiarly miraculous geology.
This drink begins with classic semillon lemon butter and lemon sabayon aromas, with a nose-tickling top note that smells like that deep red Broke Fordwich dirt on a hot summer’s day, dry grass pollens on the breeze; maybe even some juniper. But in the Hunter, 2008 was cooler than normal, and Andrew had to coax the grapes to ripeness with painstaking viticulture, giving us a wine even more focussed and fine than normal. Which is saying something. The palate is as lean, tight, and humourless as a slide rule, but we can already see a little cushioning softness giving it flesh akin to those mighty old Lindemans’ Bins. While they drank beautifully - under the squishy old corks of their day – for twenty years, this wine will last even more satisfactorily under that beautiful screw cap. It has a particularly savoury, stony, appetising finish. Rating 95+++ Points, Philip White, Drankster December 2008
AWARDS
Bronze 2008 Hunter Valley Wine Show (Class 4)
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