Shaw + Smith Lenswood Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021
This Pinot Noir displays delicacy and fragrance with subtle layers of flavour, good texture and a well-balanced acidity. On the nose, the wine opens with aromas of red fruits and spices. The palate is bursting with flavour of raspberry, cherry, strawberry, toasted spice with firm but very fine tannins on the finish.
Shaw + Smith own two vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, at Balhannah and Lenswood, totalling 55 hectares. Vineyards are planted with varieties that perform particularly well in the region, namely Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Shiraz. The grapes for this wine were sourced from block one in the Lenswood Vineyard. First planted in 1999, it has east and west-facing aspects, reaching 500 meters above sea level. The soil is brown loam over clay with some broken shale and stone on the ridges.
The grapes were hand picked and manually sorted, before being tipped into open fermenters, either as whole bunches (around 30%) or as destemmed berries. After a long and gentle fermentation, the wine was aged for 10 months in new oak (30%) and old French oak puncheons prior to bottling (the wine is unfiltered and unfined).
| RRP | £63.99 |
| Bottle size | 75cl |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Alcoholic strength | 13.5% |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Subregion | Adelaide Hills |
| Grapes | Pinot Noir 100% |
| Residual sugar (g/l) | 0.5 |
| Vegetarian | Yes |
| Vegan | Yes |
| Organic | No |
| Biodynamic | No |
| Closure | Screwcap |
| Winemaker | Adam Wadewitz |
The dynamic partnership of cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith MW began in 1989 when the duo decided to realise their dream of making wine together. A talent for wine runs in this family, with Martin honing his craft at the University of Bordeaux, and Michael being the first Australian to pass the notoriously difficult Master of Wine exams in 1988. Since founding Shaw + Smith, they have consistently made exciting, refined wines, exclusively from the Adelaide Hills, that rank among Australia’s best.
Shaw + Smith’s wines are made from several sites throughout the Adelaide Hills and they specialise in grape varieties suited to the cooler climate, namely Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Shiraz. The Shaw + Smith winemaking team consists of chief winemaker Adam Wadewitz, one of Australia’s brightest winemaking talents, winemaker Matthew Large and assistant winemaker Alex Clark. Adam was named the WINE magazine Winemaker of the Year 2022 in recognition of his ten vintages at the helm of Shaw + Smith. The trio work closely with viticulturist Murray Leake, who succeeded Ray Guerin when he retired in 2015. Together they are taking Shaw + Smith to new heights. “30 years ago, we made the wines in the winery; today, we make them in the vineyard,” says Adam.
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