Shaw & Smith

Verkostungsnotiz von James Suckling vom 26. Juni 2019:

This is a very driven and complex red with dried-strawberry. tea. coffee and mahogany aromas and flavors. Full-bodied yet integrated and compact. giving the wine a refined and very structured impression. This is one to watch. Better after 2022. but already delicious. Screw cap.







 

The 2018 vintage has a concentrated core of red berry fruits including raspberries and cherries. It is vibrant and more opulent than other years.

Outstanding quality from a growing season that threatened. at times. to be tricky. After some heat in January. the moderate. dry and sunny months of February and March delivered beautifully balanced fruit. Crop levels were slightly below average. enhancing flavour and intensity.

Pinot Noir is the most temperamental of varieties and remains a challenge for site. season and winemaking - Shaw + Smith has joined the quest albeit in a ‘small batch’ way. First produced experimentally in 2004 and commercially in 2007. Site selection. the right clonal mix. minuscule yields and fastidious vineyard management are essential to success.


 

Verkostungsnotiz James Suckling vom 02. Juli 2020:

A cooler vintage has bent this to a peppery and spicy zone with a very fragrant, sappy delivery of bright raspberries, red plums and blackberries. Oak bolsters the spicy direction of the fruit here. The palate has a succulent and mouthwateringly fresh core of red fruit with sleek and long, polished tannins. Red-cherry and plum finish. Drink now. Screw cap.



 

Der Shaw & Smith M3 Chardonnay Adelaide Hills 2019 entfaltet in der Nase Aromen von Steinobst. Zitrusfrüchten und Nektarinen. Am Gaumen gibt er sich betont reichhaltig und langanhaltend. Die nur präsente Säure unterstützt das Geschmacksbild im Hintergrund und schafft ein herrliches Trinkerlebnis.


 

Verkostungsnotiz James Suckling vom 02. Juli 2020:


Style: Shaw + Smith Shiraz is a medium bodied cool-climate Shiraz, in which balance is more important than power.
The 2018 vintage is defined by balance and effortless flow. It was a great season for Shiraz with generosity, but structure to match.
Season: Outstanding quality from a growing season that threatened, at times, to be tricky. After some heat in January, the moderate, dry and sunny months of February and March delivered beautifully balanced fruit. Crop levels were slightly below average, enhancing flavour and intensity.
Source: From low yielding vines predominantly at Balhannah in the central Adelaide Hills, and from Echunga and Macclesfield to the south.
Vinification: Hand picked and fermented as a combination of whole berries and whole bunches in open fermenters, with gentle plunging and minimal working. Aged in French oak for fourteen months, of which one third was new.

 

Die Trauben wurden alle von Hand geerntet, als ganze Trauben gepresst und in französischer Eiche vergoren. Der Wein verbrachte neun Monate im Fass mit sanftem Aufrühren nach Bedarf, dann ruhte er im Tank auf der Hefe. (Tolpuddle)


Verkostungsnotiz von James Suckling vom 1. Dezember 2020:

This has power and complexity and the right grade of reductive flair, overlaid on fresh yellow grapefruit and peach with flint and wet chalk, as well as attractive oak in the background. The palate has mouthwatering white-peach and lemon flavors with a deep draw of acidity that drives the finish in really deep, precise and fresh. Lip-smacking resolve here. Elegance, poise and whip-cracking freshness. Drink over the next six years.