Veiled Vine, Old Vine Semillon 2016 David Franz black fruit flavors and chocolate

black fruit flavors and chocolate notes are overlaid with leather and a wild complexity

The richness is balanced by a crisp

It repays decanting or use a large glass and matches particularly well with braised lamb

Seriously structured

On the palate it has a fruity juice

Veiled Vine, Old Vine Semillon 2016 David Franz black fruit flavors and chocolateA complex nose of honeyed white peaches, orange peel, fresh fennel, dried green herbs, waxy yellow citrus, lanolin and melted butter. The palate is impressively detailed, loaded with green pear, white citrus, baking spices, a touch of fresh fennel and a green leafy sapidity before nuances of bergamot and wet river pebble minerality.