2020 | Shaw + Smith | M3 Chardonnay

Aiming for elegance, restraint and the ability to age, acid is bright and there’s generosity of flavor. Typically it shows white flowers, citrus, and nectarine notes.

Reviews:

• Decanter: Savory notes take the lead in a striking tenor voice. Lacks the feistiness of previous vintages, but 2020 was hardly kind in the Hills. Clean, firm, proud and very well built, this is the elegant, talented diplomat that shows no emotion.

• James Suckling: Ripe peach, lemon and plenty of toasted hazelnut oak, sitting on a mix of flint and wet stones. The palate has great density and depth with concentrated peach and lemon. A little pastry, too. Smooth, with bright acidity. Impressive depth and balance here. Drink or hold.

Producer Information

Shaw + Smith is a wine producer located in the Adelaide Hills in South Australia. The company was founded by Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith MW, and the inaugural vintage was in 1990. Shaw + Smith is famous for its high-quality wines made from Chardonnay and Shiraz, as well as a range of other grape varieties. The estate is comprised of two vineyards in the Adelaide Hills: the Balhannah vineyard purchased in 1999; and the Lenswood vineyard, established in 2012. Balhannah's cool climate and free-draining sandy loam soils are well suited to grape varieties like Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir, as well as Shiraz, which is used to make the single-vineyard Balhannah Vineyard Shiraz. Lenswood is planted on a hillside on fertile brown loam and clay soils, and is planted to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc. Shaw + Smith uses a wide range of oak treatments in its wines, including new and old French barriques as well as larger 500-liter puncheons.

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