2025 Brokenwood Semillon 12 Pack

95 POINTS

Toni Paterson MW - Halliday Wine Companion

A pitch-perfect, classic style with pure lemon and scented quince nestled within a gently expansive palate. Bright and refreshing, it has excellent flavour and flow with a strong presence through to the finish. A highly satisfying wine from this ever-dependable label.

95 POINTS

Shanteh Wale - Winepilot

An expressive new release in a very condensed vintage. Finger lime pulp, green apples and a fan of elderflower blossoms leaps from the glass. This has the crunch of nashi pears, followed by zesty driving acidity that is well intertwined into the body and swell of the wine. This is singing right now for its clarity and precision and will continue to age well, slowly but developing in complexity over the next five years. For its very good value price point, drink it now with fried school prawns and kewpie mayo.

94 POINTS

Ken Gargett - Winepilot

The Hunter Valley doesn’t always enjoy as many brilliant vintages as some other regions (I’m looking at you, Margaret River), but it does seem as though it might have hit the jackpot with 2025. Still early days, of course, but the wines are showing great promise. As is typical for this variety, fermentation was in stainless steel and the wine saw no oak. The colour here is the palest, watery lemon one could envisage. Good aromatics, including bath salts, talc, citrus, florals, jasmine and river stones. This is clean, fresh and focused with good energy and a lingering finish. A very fine Hunter Valley Semillon for enjoying over the next ten to fifteen years.

92 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

Harvesting was almost done by hand. Stu Hordern is one of the best people in wine, affable and giving of his time. A champion. I met him for the first time only a couple of years ago. I’ve not met Kate Sturgess who’s the other winemaker there, though I’m sure she’s equally nice too! I don’t get out much. I’m likely the best known wine critic who’s least known by winemakers. I kind of like that. Lime and lemongrass, a touch of the exotic here, something like a prickly pear fruit character, or maybe kiwi fruit. It’s fleshy and juicy, quite fruit forward for a Hunter Semillon, but in a nice way. There’s a light powdery grip to texture, and the finish is juicy offering good length with a bit of Disprin character to close. It’s a wine you can guzzle. Very nice.

91 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2025 Semillon is tight and bright, pure and grassy, edged with green apple, lemon pith and crushed shells. In the mouth, the wine is crystalline and pure, delicate and lacy. Young Semillon such as this shows none of the toastiness that grows in the bottle over time. 11% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.