NFLUENTIAL UK CRITIC ACCLAIMS McWILLIAM’S MOUNT PLEASANT LOVEDALE™ SEMILLON AS
" FINEST SINGLE VINEYARD SEM IN THE WORLD"
Adding to what has already been an extraordinary year for McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Lovedale™ Semillon, regarded UK wine critic Matthew Jukes has described the wine as, "the finest single vineyard Sem in the world."
The endorsement came as part of Matthew’s 2006 Top 100 list of Australian wines – regarded as one of the most influential wine guides in the United Kingdom. Mount Pleasant Lovedale™ Semillon 2005 featured on the list, with Matthew saying: "In my opinion this is the finest single vineyard Sem in the world. ’05 also happens to be a brilliant vintage …"
Matthew Jukes is widely regarded as one of the United Kingdom’s most influential wine critics; he is a best selling author, wine writer for the UK’s Daily Mail and a past winner of the International Wine & Spirit Communicator of the Year Award.
The endorsement from Matthew Jukes follows McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Lovedale™ Semillon claiming its 60th trophy and 120th gold medal in just eight vintages, earlier this year. The wine’s 60th trophy – the SIWC Championship Trophy for Best Wine of Competition – was won in February at the Sydney International Wine Competition.
McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Lovedale™ Semillon has enjoyed considerable success since it was first produced in 1950. Indeed, the inaugural 1950 vintage went on to consistently win trophies and medals (19 in total) at major Australian wine shows for some nineteen years.
The wine has certainly been a quiet achiever. Its ability to reward cellaring for up to 30 years is a rarity with Australian white wine however McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Lovedale™ Semillon still only sells for $49.
" McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Lovedale™ Semillon can outlive many red wines, it really is a great Australian success story," McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Chief Winemaker, Phil Ryan said.
The Lovedale Vineyard was planted by legendary winemaker, the late Maurice O’Shea in 1946. McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Lovedale™ Semillon is an entirely single vineyard wine sourced exclusively from this vineyard. The wine offers enjoyable drinking when young, while also having the ability to cellar for many years.
'McWilliam's Elizabeth and the glorious Lovedale Semillon are generally commercially available with many years of bottle age and are undervalued and underpriced treasures with a consistently superb show record. The three individual vineyard wines, together with the Maurice O'Shea memorial wines, add to the lustre of this proud name.
