semillon

The components of Musar white. I had always thought that these were synonyms of Chardonnay and Semillon, but read today in the Purple Pages forum that Juan Villanoz has DNA tested them and they are not identical to those two; or indeed to any other known varieties. He's at pains to point out...

Having exerted an immense effort to refrain from making crass puns in the title... Any Hunter Valley Semillon fans out there? I have recently had the pleasure of trying a couple of aged examples and was bowled over (one was a McWilliams "Elizabeth" 2005: all honey and wax and a hint of smoke...