Cirillo, 1850 Ancestor Vine Semillon, Barossa Valley
Cirillo · South Australia › Barossa Valley › Australia
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
85
/100
Reviews
5
professional
Vintages
No vintages
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Community Reviews
66
Reviews
84.6
Avg Score
90
Highest
Taster #1875
· Apr 18, 2025
89/100
Pop n pour, drank over 3 hours. Lemon curd and saline, pleasant enough but a tad uninteresting for me. No real tertiary development at this stage.
2017 vintage
Taster #1875
· Feb 29, 2024
90/100
Pop n pour at a local BYO Japanese Restaurant. Might be the cheap glasses, but a little muted on the nose. Some usual suspects though, lemon and saline, that textural saline weighed mid palate, and quite a nice medium + finish that I can’t quite put my finger on. Enjoyed this, its pleasant, albeit probably lacks complexity.
2017 vintage
Taster #5251
· Dec 4, 2021
86/100
Oxidative notes, vegetal notes. Still reasonably fresh acidity, but appears a bit unbalanced. Ok to accompany grilled tuna and salmon, but not so pleasant on its own
2009 vintage
Taster #6708
· May 14, 2020
Proper old school Aussie Semillon. All lemon butter on the nose and in the mouth. Layered, textural and full, with a clean dry finish.
2017 vintage
Taster #5645
· May 12, 2020
90/100
The nose is beautiful.acidity can be better.a rather simple lemon,some green notes n mineral.remind me petite chablis.most likely need another 5 years to gain more flavour.this bttl shud pair very well with oysters
2016 vintage
Taster #1913
· Apr 28, 2015
68/100
Day off in Adelaide #1 (National Wine Centre of Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) : Pale straw. Slightly vegetal palate with hints of varietal lanolin. A touch of oxidative character on the nose. The wine has (for my tastes) an actively unlikable palate that feels old, vegetal and drying out. Unattractive but concentrated. Possibly too old?
2009 vintage