[SOLD-OUT] Shaw & Smith M3 Chardonnay 2015

The Real Review 95 points!

“One of Australia’s great chardonnays. Incredibly complex with wafting nutty top notes, plus hints of oatmeal and citrus zest. The palate is bright and wildly intense with lemon delicious, white nectarine and nougat. Bright and superbly well-integrated acidity. Although this fine Adelaide Hills wine is completely delicious now, it is an infant and will grow and evolve with time in bottle.”


Toni Paterson MW, The Real Review, May 2017

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Wine Front 94 points!

“The journey of M3 chardonnay is the journey of Australian chardonnay in microcosm.

Here we have power; here we have funk-driven complexity; here we have a long sling of apple-like acidity. It’s a fine, detailed, aspirational white wine, crackling with quality, endowed with just-enough texture and just-enough fruit flavour. There’s a coiled aspect to this wine; its best days are not yet with us, but they’re coming. It’s all balanced on a pin head, in the best of ways.”

Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front, April 2017

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Andrew Graham 94 points!

“Precise Chardonnay this. From nose to tail, there is a sense of masterful winemaking here, the fruit just ripe enough to give apple and white peach flavour, the oak adding gentle spice vanilla, the acid noticeable (malolactic fermentation carefully controlled obvs.) but not hard, the wine a flow of taut-yet-not-skinny Chardonnay goodness.

 

It’s lazy to always benchmark with Burgundy, but I’m doing it here anyway. This is effectively 1er Cru Burgundy quality (though it clearly tastes different), just for much less dollars. Superb Australian Chardonnay (and the best M3 in ages) that will only look even better with an extra year in bottle. Best drinking: 2017-2023. 18.5/20, 94/100+. 13% Would I buy it? Absolutely.”

Andrew Graham, OzWineReviews.com, April 2017

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  Vegan-friendly  

Country:

Australia

Region:

SA- Adelaide Hills

Variety:

Wine White - Chardonnay

Size:

750mL