Soil Selection Semillon
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, sashimi, grilled white fish
✨ Technical Specifications
While 'Soil Selection' is not a standard standalone commercial release for Brokenwood, the estate is globally renowned for its mastery of Hunter Valley Semillon, a style defined entirely by soil and terroir. Brokenwood's Semillon grapes are traditionally sourced from iconic sandy, alluvial loam creek flats—soils that provide the perfect drainage and low fertility required to yield pristine, high-acid fruit. Hunter Valley Semillon is one of the wine world's great anomalies: harvested early at low sugar levels and fermented entirely in stainless steel without any oak contact, it is incredibly light and zesty in its youth. Over years in the cellar, however, it undergoes a magical transformation, developing rich, complex notes of beeswax, toasted brioche, and lemon curd without ever losing its vibrant line of acidity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1970 by Sydney lawyers Tony Albert, John Beeston, and acclaimed wine critic James Halliday, Brokenwood Wines began on a modest 10-acre block in Pokolbin within the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Guided for decades by veteran managing director and chief winemaker Iain Riggs, the estate evolved from a passionate weekend venture into one of Australia's most prestigious and benchmark wine producers. Brokenwood embraces a philosophy of precise, low-intervention winemaking designed to let terroir and varietal clarity shine across both estate-grown Hunter Valley fruit and carefully selected parcels across Australia. The winery has achieved global acclaim particularly for its crisp, cellar-worthy Hunter Valley Semillons and its flagship Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz, alongside popular lifestyle bottlings like the iconic Cricket Pitch label.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Semillon
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
10-11.5%