Shaw & Smith Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2020
96 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION & 95 POINT RATED TYSON STELZER WBM & CAMPBELL THE REAL REVIEW
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- 96 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
- 95 POINT RATED TYSON STELZER WBM
- 95 POINT RATED BOB CAMPBELL THE REAL REVIEW
- 5 RED STAR RATED WINERY JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
- FINALIST WINERY OF YEAR & WINEMAKER OF YEAR JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION 2022
Vintage: | 2020 |
Source/Region: | Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Sauvignon Blanc |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar 1-3 years |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 12.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 7.40 |
Rating: | 96 |
The 2020 Shaw + Smith Sauvignon Blanc shows a pink grapefruit character, concentration and mid-palate texture, which reflect the carefully selected sites and hand harvesting during the small window of perfect ripeness. This vintage shows the hallmarks of a cool season: floral and pink grapefruit aromas, intensity and texture on the palate and bright, lifted acidity.
96 Point Rated - Tony Love James Halliday Wine Companion
"From estate vineyards at Balhannah and higher-altitude Lenswood, plus selected growers. Cool ferment, no oak, matured on lees, early bottling. A lightness of touch now marks this wine, less wild-tropical-fruit punch and more grapefruit/citrus, both aromatic partners creating a superbly balanced aromatic pattern that is enhanced by a short maturation on lees to develop the most delicious, powdery mouthfeel. Always a style leader, now offering next-level varietal sophistication."
95 Point Rated - Bob Campbell The Real Review
"Delicious sauvignon blanc with fragrant lemon, citrus, wild flowers, white peach and stone fruit flavours. It has a truly ethereal texture and gentle, fruity acidity. Power delivered with great subtlety. Wonderful purity."
95 Point Rated - Tyson Stelzer Wine Business Monthly
"Meticulously assembled. A coiled and focused Sauvignon of water white hue that intricately unites the full spectrum of varietal kaleidoscope in cut grass, stone fruits and tropicals. A lick of fruit sweetness is perfectly gauged to meet bright Adelaide Hills acidity. Impressive line and integrity, yet eminently smashable!"
Huon Hooke The Real Review
"Very light-straw colour, with a savoury bouquet that suggests dry grass, dried herbs and tobacco, while the palate is quite grapy, with a suggestion of sweetness, and fruity but straightforward. Delicate, with some nectarine-like flavour mid-palate, good intensity and length. "
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