
- Robert Parker (RP) points 93
- Vinous points
Shaw + Smith - Shiraz
Price
€36.00 ex. VAT
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Tasting notes
The 2021 Shiraz is ever the silky, svelte wine, never more than in this elegant, restrained vintage. It has cool, mineral detail overlaid by bright blue fruits and exotic spice. The tannins are very fine and serve to shape the fruit rather than intrude. It is perfumed, supple and seamless. It has by far the best concentration and complexity of all the vintages tasted here today (2015-2021). It has notes of raspberry, mulberry, licorice, beetroot, cranberry and redcurrant as well as white pepper, clove and star anise. Lovely wine here! It has sweet oak and is perfumed and shapely. Good! 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
More information
Provenance
- Type
- Red
- Producer
- Shaw + Smith
- Country
- Australia
- Appellation
- Adelaide Hills
- Region
- South Australia
Technical
- Vintage
- 2021
- Grapes
- Shiraz
- ABV
- 14%
- Size
- 75cl
- Ageing
- Serving
- 16° - 18° C
- Drinking window
- 2023 - 2036
Food pairings
Key characteristics
About this wine
Shaw & Smith is an Australian winery located in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. Founded in 1989 by Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith, the winery has become renowned for its high-quality Shiraz. The grapes used to make Shaw & Smith's Shiraz are sourced from the cooler climate vineyards of the Adelaide Hills, which helps to create a unique and complex flavour profile.
The wine is made using traditional winemaking techniques, such as open-top fermentation and extended maceration. This helps to bring out the intense fruit flavours of the Shiraz, as well as the subtle spice and pepper notes. The wine is then aged in French oak barrels for 12 months, which adds complexity and depth to the flavour.
Shaw & Smith's Shiraz is a full-bodied red wine with intense aromas of blackberry, plum and spice. On the palate, the wine is rich and velvety, with flavours of dark fruit, pepper and spice. The finish is long and lingering, with a hint of oak. This is a classic Australian Shiraz that is sure to please any red wine lover.
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Behind the bottle
Region
South Australia
South Australia produces approximately half of the nation's wine and encompasses several of the country's most significant wine regions. Located in the southern portion of the continent, the state stretches from the cooler…
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Adelaide Hills
Adelaide Hills is a cool-climate wine region located in South Australia, situated in the Mount Lofty Ranges east of Adelaide. The region was formally established as a wine appellation in 1981 and has since developed a reputation…
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