Mount Pleasant Semillon 2024 is a classic Hunter Valley Semillon from one of Australia’s most storied and celebrated estates — established in 1921 by Maurice O’Shea, widely regarded as Australia’s greatest ever winemaker. Tended from the same acclaimed estate vineyards for over a century, this Semillon delivers classic citrus characters of lemon and lime with wonderful intensity and purity, and a palate of elegance and power with intense fruit and brilliant length. A wine that captures the world-class expression of Hunter Valley Semillon that Mount Pleasant has defined for more than 100 years.
Tasting Notes
Appearance
Pale straw with a bright, luminous clarity — the hallmark of a classic Hunter Valley Semillon of exceptional precision and purity, with the freshness and focus that Mount Pleasant’s century-old estate vineyards and Maurice O’Shea’s enduring winemaking legacy deliver.
Aroma
Classic and immediately captivating — lemon and lime predominate with wonderful intensity and purity, with the bright citrus character and elegant restraint that define Hunter Valley Semillon at its finest. A nose of genuine regional distinction and age-worthy potential.
Palate
Elegant and powerful — intense citrus fruit carries through a palate of genuine depth and focus, with brilliant length and the precise, structured character that makes Hunter Valley Semillon one of Australia’s most celebrated and age-worthy white wine styles. A wine of extraordinary potential.
Pairs With
Mount Pleasant Semillon 2024 pairs beautifully with fresh oysters, grilled flathead, lemon-dressed seafood, goat’s cheese, and delicate white fish dishes — equally rewarding as a contemplative wine of genuine Hunter Valley character and cellaring potential.
Mount Pleasant Semillon 2024 is produced from estate vineyards first planted by Maurice O’Shea and tended solely by Mount Pleasant for over a century — the same celebrated sites that have defined the Hunter Valley Semillon benchmark since 1921. The winemaking focuses on preserving the wonderful intensity, purity, and brilliant length of citrus character that these world-class estate vineyards deliver, with the elegance and power that define the Mount Pleasant Semillon style.
Vintage Conditions
The 2024 vintage in the Hunter Valley delivered Semillon of classic citrus character, intensity, and purity — the region’s unique growing conditions and Mount Pleasant’s century of estate viticulture producing fruit of exceptional focus and brilliant length. The vintage conditions supported the development of the elegance and power that define Hunter Valley Semillon at its finest, with the age-worthy structure and intensity that reward cellaring for years to come.
