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Shaw & Smith Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018

95 POINT RATED HUON HOOKE THE REAL REVIEW & 95 POINT RATED NICK STOCK ADELAIDE HILLS SHIRAZ

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95 POINT RATED HUON HOOKE THE REAL REVIEW
95 POINT RATED NICK STOCK JAMESSUCKLING.COM
95 POINT RATED AUSTRALIAN GOURMET TRAVELLER WINE
95 POINT RATED CAMPBELL MATTINSON THE WINE FRONT
93 POINT RATED NED GOODWIN JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
93 POINT RATED BOB CAMPBELL & ANGUS HUGHSON

Specifications:

Vintage:	2018
Source/Region:	Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Grape Variety:	Shiraz
Cellaring:	Drink now or cellar mid term
Bottle Top:	Stelvin
Alcohol Content:	14.00
Standard Drinks:	8.30
Rating:	96

Tasting Notes:

A medium-bodied red, it demonstrates the beauty in balance over power. Fresh red berries including raspberry and blueberry are flavoured with notes of clove and black pepper. The palate is long and layered with elegantly fine grained tannins

Technical:

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.

Outstanding quality from a growing season that threatened, attimes, 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.

From low yielding vines predominantly at Balhannah in the central Adelaide Hills, and from Echunga and Macclesfield to the south. 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.

The Adelaide Hills has now proven it can make truly exciting Shiraz. The key is careful site selection, low yields and restrained use of oak.

Accolades & Awards:

95 Point Rated - Huon Hooke The Real Review

"Deep red colour with a purple tint, excellent colour. The bouquet is spicy, gently vegetal - probably from whole-bunch fermentation - and touches of licorice and dark berry. It's full-bodied and the tannins are ample with a nicely-judged touch of firmness. Peppery throughout. Good length. The texture not as refined as the best of this region perhaps, but very good. Graphite to finish. Excellent shiraz."

95 Point Rated - Nick Stock JamesSuckling.com

Very attractive blueberries and dark plums here with earthy and spicy aromas, as well as black pepper. The palate is filled with fleshy fruit and has dark-cherry, cherry-liqueur and dark-chocolate flavors in abundance. Long flavors, plush smooth tannins and certainly a richer iteration of this wine. Drink or hold.

95 Point Rated - Australian Gourmet Traveller WINE

Delicious. A full-bodied, powerful wine loaded with pepper and spice notes,and some gentle vegetal overtones, possibly from whole-bunch inclusion. Dark berries, licorice and graphite galore. There are liberal tannins that impart the right touch of firmness. Tasted: Oct 2020;

95 Point Rated - Campbell Mattinson The Wine Front

Fantastic release. Stunning length, a wide array of flavours, top tier tannin and the (velvety) texture to match. Cloves, nuts, cherry-plum. graphite, woodsmoke. Cool climate profile with a warmth in its heart. I drank a couple of glasses but I was convinced from the first sip.

93 Point Rated - Ned Goodwin James Halliday Wine Companion

"Mid to deep ruby, this is benchmark coolish climatic shiraz. Both rich enough to placate those who like power, but finessed and aromatic enough for those drinkers, like me, who seek aromatic pleasure and textural intrigue: violet and nori scents segue to blueberry, bing cherry and a gentle whisper of stemminess. An easy wine to tuck into."

93 Point Rated - Angus Hughson Wine Pilot

"If one company has really put Adelaide Hills Shiraz on the fine wine horizon – it would have to be Shaw and Smith. They have understood the potential of the Adelaide Hills to make cooler climate Shiraz and run with it to create increasingly spicy and nuanced wines. They are always elegant but also well-structured wines that can stand the test of time.

The warm 2018 vintage has created a more generous Adelaide Hills expression but with plenty of depth that takes a little time to emerge in the glass. There is the classic blackberry and blueberry shiraz fruit lifted by spice, olive tapenade and even tarry complexity. It is dry, mid-weight and quite tannic in a muscular style but has plenty of fleshy fruit to back it up. The wine is delicious now but could do with a couple of years to show its best."

93 Point Rated - Bob Campbell The Real Review

"Bright, high-energy shiraz with violet, Black Doris plum, violet, floral and spicy oak flavours. An appealing wine that's made with a light touch. Impressive length. A good food wine"