Peter Lehman Botrytis Semillon 37.5cl Half Bottle

Description

Peter Lehman Botrytis Semillon is a white dessert wine made by one of the most famous names in the Australian wine trade. A fifth generation Barossan, Peter Lehmann began his winemaking career began in 1947 as a 17 year-old with Yalumba where he worked for 13 years until he was appointed Winemaker / Manager of Saltram Wines in Angaston. In that role for 20 years he built a national reputation for his high-quality, innovative Barossa Wines. He founded his own winery in 1979 in order to support the Barossa growers who were facing financial ruin in the face of a serious overproduction of grapes. Peter Lehmann Wines soon became a producer of premium bottled wines with a well-deserved international reputation. However, the imminent withdrawal of the principle shareholder in 1993 threatened the company’s survival and Lehmann was again forced to gamble – this time by offering equity in the company by public float. The growers with whom he had forged such lasting relationships and his loyal staff invested in the new enterprise together with thousands of small investors and the float succeeded almost overnight. This wine was inspired by Chief Winemaker Andrew Wigan’s visit to the iconic Château d’Yquem in 1981, home to one of the world’s greatest sweet wine. His time in their vineyards and winery inspired him to recreate the style in the Barossa. Peter Lehman Botrytis Semillon is late harvested with very good botrytis infection from Lehman’s vineyard on the banks of the RIver Para, along with the McCarthy vineyard inrnBethany. The grapes for this wine were crushed and left on skins overnight before being pressed the next day. The juice was clarified, then cold fermented in stainless steel tanks, prior to bottling.