The Halliday Wine Companion Awards celebrate the top wines in Australia – as chosen by our esteemed wine critics who spend the year tasting and reviewing wine from across the country. Below, you'll find Australia's best semillon, along with the ratings awarded by the Tasting Team.
Semillon is grown in many Australian regions, but if you ever want evidence of how magnificently it performs in the Hunter Valley, just take a look at this list. The Hunter Valley style is well established and celebrated but the best examples this year showed genuine fruit flavour, and often texture, too, even in their absolute infancy.
2026 Best Semillon of the Year in Australia
First Creek Wines Museum Release Oakey Creek Vineyard Semillon 2017, Hunter Valley
98 points | Price when tasted $70

The synergy of an exceptional winemaker, vineyard and vintage has resulted in a quintessential expression of aged Hunter Valley semillon. Sweet lemon aromas mingle with hints of almond, lime curd and shale. A pristine core of soft, bright citrus fruit belies its age. It displays a magnificent balance of tertiary complexity, freshness and depth, and the persistence is phenomenal. – Toni Paterson MW
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The best semillon from the 2026 Companion
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First Creek Wines
Museum Release Oakey Creek Vineyard Semillon 2017
Hunter Valley -
Audrey Wilkinson
Museum Release The Ridge Semillon 2017
Hunter Valley -
Brokenwood
ILR Reserve Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
First Creek Wines
Single Vineyard Murphy Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Audrey Wilkinson
The Ridge Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Audrey Wilkinson
Marsh Estate Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Brokenwood
1899 Old Vines Vineyard Semillon 2023
Hunter Valley -
First Creek Wines
Winemaker's Reserve Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Pooles Rock
Premiere Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Silkman Wines
Reserve Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Tinklers Vineyard
Reserve Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Johnno's Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Vat 1 Winemaker's Selection Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
Alkina Wine Estate
Isidore Semillon 2023
Barossa Valley -
Audrey Wilkinson
Winemakers Selection Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Calabria Family Wines
3 Bridges Botrytis Semillon 2024
Sweet | Riverina -
Charteris Wines
Pokolbin Selection Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
De Bortoli (Riverina)
Noble One Botrytis Semillon 2022
Sweet | Riverina -
Margan Wines
Aged Release Francis John Semillon 2019
Broke Fordwich -
Margan Wines
Ceres Hill Semillon 2024
Broke Fordwich -
McLeish Estate Wines
Cellar Reserve Semillon 2008
Hunter Valley -
Mount Pleasant
Lovedale Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
Pooles Rock
Soldier Settler Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Silkman Wines
Single Vineyard Blackberry Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Silkman Wines
Museum Release Single Vineyard Blackberry Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
Thomas Wines
Braemore Cellar Reserve Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
Thomas Wines
Braemore Individual Vineyard Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Tinklers Vineyard
Museum Release School Block Semillon 2018
Hunter Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Single Vineyard Belford Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Single Vineyard Pokolbin Hills Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
Briar Ridge Vineyard
Single Vineyard JKD Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Brokenwood
Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Château Tanunda
The Chateau 100 Year Old Vines Semillon 2023
Barossa -
Château Tanunda
The Chateau 100 Year Old Vines Semillon 2024
Barossa -
Charlotte Dalton Wines
Ærkeengel Semillon 2020
Adelaide Hills -
Charteris Wines
Pokolbin Selection Semillon 2023
Hunter Valley -
Charteris Wines
Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Cirillo Wines
1850s Old Vine Semillon 2019
Barossa Valley -
Eperosa
Magnolia Blanc #3 Semillon Non Vintage
Barossa Valley -
Eperosa
Magnolia 1941 Semillon 2022
Barossa Valley -
Eperosa
Magnolia 1941 Semillon 2023
Barossa Valley -
First Creek Wines
Classic Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Gundog Estate
The Chase Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Gundog Estate
Indomitus Albus Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Kaesler Wines
Old Vine Semillon 2024
Barossa Valley -
Keith Tulloch Wine
Field of Mars Block 2 Semillon 2022
Hunter Valley -
Keith Tulloch Wine
Field of Mars Block 2 Semillon 2023
Hunter Valley -
McLeish Estate Wines
Reserve Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
R. Paulazzo
Limited Release Botrytis Semillon 2021
Sweet | Riverina -
Riggs & Wiggs
Mangerton Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Riggs & Wiggs
Mangerton Block 1 Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Scarborough Wine Co
The Obsessive Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Tinklers Vineyard
School Block Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Single Vineyard Stevens Semillon 2019
Hunter Valley -
Usher Tinkler Wines
Big Bad Bill Semillon 2023
Hunter Valley -
Whispering Brook
Single Vineyard Limited Release Semillon 2024
Hunter Valley
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This is an edited extract from the 2026 Halliday Wine Companion, with reviews by Dave Brookes, Jane Faulkner, Jeni Port, Katrina Butler, Marcus Ellis, Mike Bennie, Philip Rich, Shanteh Wale and Toni Paterson MW. Cover art by James Coe.