Veiled Vine, Old Vine Semillon 2016 David Franz damsons and cloves on the

damsons and cloves on the nose

Readers who prefer more subtlety will find that in other vintages

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

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

Veiled Vine, Old Vine Semillon 2016 David Franz damsons and cloves on theA 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.