Trevena Kindred Vineyards Semillon
⏳ Drinking Window
2020 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Fresh oysters, sashimi, grilled white fish
✨ Technical Specifications
The Trevena Vineyard, originally planted in the mid-1920s by the Kindred family, is one of the Hunter Valley's most revered historic sites for Semillon. Situated on the classic sandy, free-draining alluvial flats of the region, these ancient, dry-grown vines produce fruit of incredible flavor concentration and structural integrity. Brokenwood's handling of this single-vineyard fruit is a masterclass in minimalist winemaking: the grapes are hand-picked, gently pressed, and fermented at cool temperatures in stainless steel tanks without any oak contact. This preserves the absolute purity of the fruit, resulting in a wine that is famously tight, pristine, and driven by electric acidity in its youth, before undergoing a magical transformation in the cellar into a rich, complex masterpiece.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1970 by Sydney solicitors James Halliday, John Beeston, and Tony Albert, Brokenwood Wines began on a ten-acre Pokolbin parcel initially intended as a cricket ground. Situated in the lower Hunter Valley against the Brokenback Mountain Range, the estate operates on alluvial loams and heavy clay soils, shaped by a warm, humid subtropical climate with cooling maritime breezes. While historically anchored by its renowned Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz, Brokenwood established equivalent global renown for its pure, cellar-worthy white wines. The estate practices certified viticulture under Sustainable Winegrowing Australia standards, supervised in cellar operations by Chief Winemaker Stuart Hordern following Iain Riggs's transformative tenure. Renowned benchmark expressions include the single-vineyard and aged ILR Reserve Semillon—celebrated for low-alcohol tension, racy citrus acidity, and nuanced toast developments without oak maturation—alongside single-site iterations like Stanleigh Park Vineyard Semillon and cool-climate chardonnays from Beechworth and Orange.
🍇 Grapes
Semillon
🍷 ABV
10.5% - 11.5%