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Solitree Refinement
It might be a bit of a bad pun but there’s truth in it as well. After all the Forest Hill winery is a long way from anywhere and for a lot of years was the only producer of note around Denmark in the Great Southern region of WA.
We reckon the original is still the best. Pour yourself a glass of this seriously zippy SBS and you’ll find yourself agreeing.
It’s a thing of shimmering, sprightly beauty, rippling with citrus drenched fruit and a fine thread of herbaceousness.
It’s the kind of wine for which you’d travel a long way but the good thing is you won’t have to. We’ll bring it right your door for just $90 case.
Then it’s up to you if you want to use it for Solitree enjoyment or share it with family and friends.
- Forest Hill - 5 STAR Halliday rated winery
- Sem Sauv Blanc blend - a more complex white wine which is packed with flavour
- Some say WA Sem Sauv Blanc is even tastier than the ever-popular NZ sauv blanc, and we'd tend to agree after drinking this wine
- Well-rounded, stylish drinking which is in the cellars of pretty much every Winemarket employee
- FURTHER REDUCED - MUST CLEAR!!!!
- Named after the lone towering Marri tree which overlooks the Forest Hill vineyard
- Forest Hill wines retail for $15 a bottle plus.. get your hands on their signature quality for less
- Go West - life is peaceful there. View our range of WA wines from Forest Hill (and more)!
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SOLITREE BY FOREST HILL SBS 2009 (12 |
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| Regions |
Western Australia |
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| Winemaker |
Clémence Haselgrove |
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| Varieties |
Sauvignon Blanc Semillon |
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| Foods |
BBQ scallops with a fresh rocket, roasted pine nuts and parmesan salad |
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| Colour |
Brilliant light straw. |
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| Nose |
Lifted aromas of white nectarine, guava fruit and pear with fresh hints of |
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| Palate |
Premium fruit for this wine was sourced from the cool-climate regions of Pemberton and Mount Barker. Vibrant and fresh, the Semillon Sauvignon Blanc has lifted aromas of citrus, gooseberry and stonefruit. The palate is delicately textured with intense purity that is carried into a long lingering finish. |
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| Highlights |
Both varietals were in sound condition at harvest and part of the
winemaking process was to preserve the fragile fl avours and aromas of these two varieties. Fruit was harvested during the cool nights of vintage to keep the fruit in good condition and retain these fl avours and aromas. Some parcels had up to 10 hours skin contact to allow delicate extraction of skins fl avours. Fermented in stainless steel, the juice was kept between 13-16 0C to force the yeast to ferment slowly. Three different yeast strains were utilised as the fl avours and mouth feel they create are different and favourable for these varietals. Micro-oxygenation was induced half way
through fermentation to help the yeast produce clean vibrant fl avours. Post
fermentation, the wine was racked off lees to preserve its clean and crisp
characteristics, and prepared for blending and bottling. |
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| Winery Information |
Solitree is a sub-label of WA boutique darlings & 5 star Halliday rated winery Forest Hill Vineyards. Although the winery is a newcomer onto the wine scene, the grapes in Forest Hill's vineyards were the first to be planted in the Great Southern, back in the mod-squad 60's. While Forest Hill's premium wines ring in at a well-worth it $55 a bottle and upwards, their Solitree wines are a great way to get your hands on fantastic quality at a fantastic price. |
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