With four generations and over 100 years of winemaking to draw on, the McGuigan family has been a driving force in the Hunter Valley. Every generation has ensured winemaking is their lifestyle, dedicating their life to bringing Australia and the world some of the best wine.

The McGuigan Bin 9000 Semillon has an amazing award winning pedigree and is their most awarded wine. It is a perfect example of why the Hunter Valley is renowned as the premier region for Semillon in the world. A light wine when young with a clean fresh finish, it takes on a golden colour after some bottle ageing and develops delicious honey and toast characters.

An excellent wine, at perfect maturity, as a classic region-variety combination, for $40. That's the proposition. This wine is textured and flavoured and elongated, its toast, lemon, honey, and preserved citrus characters infused lightly with aromatic herbs. In other words, it's quite perfect. It has intensity in all the right areas, and charm as an overlay. It's excellent from every angle. Closure: Screwcap; Date: November 2025; Alcohol: 11.0%; Price: $40.00; Rating: 94 Points; Campbell Mattinson