Gourmet Traveller 96 points!
Wine Front 95 Points!
Jancis Robinson 17/20!
Gourmet Traveller 96 points!"This is a concentrated wine and carries a lot of oak, but it all works. The colour is impressively profound and the spicy fruit intertwines seamlessly with oak; black fruits are also present. It's superbly elegant and intense, progressing along the palate with grace."
Huon Hooke, GT Wine April/May 2013.
"Shaw and Smith Shiraz is a medium bodies cool-climate Shiraz, in which balance is more important than power. The 2010 has notes of blueberry and mulberry on the nose, and a palate that also shows dry spice (fennel seed), some earthy notes, and which has plenty of ripe, round tannins that are initially overwhelmed by the fruit, but which become more apparent and assertive on the finish."
Shaw and Smith
"Well it's become a bit of a star over the past six or seven years. Had a good year or two " and then, almost to everyone's surprise, it has kept churning out the hits. I drank a 2005 recently and it was a pretty damn smart drink. Complexity has always been its thing but if this 2010 is anything to go by, it's adding gravitas to the show.
It's a bit of a 'wow' wine from the first sip but that said, it changed dramatically " and fairly rapidly " as it sat in the glass. It tasted exceptionally reductive and meaty at first " largely in a positive way " with clear smoky, ferrous-like notes. It also seemed uncompromisingly tannic, in a hallelujah kind of a way. With air crushed leaves and black pepper come to the fore, though both the meatiness and the reductiveness remain in the background. Black cherries, raspberries, and boysenberries add a succulent fruitiness. Tannin tames with time though it still ripples and pulls throughout. Terrific length. Savoury to its back teeth...and impeccably well balanced. Indeed balance is arguably its key feature. Tip top I'd reckon."
Campbell Mattinson, 100 Rippers
95+ points Wining Pom!The Shaw & Smith signature at work, broody plum and spice, white pepper and clove. Seductive violets and black cherries this is an aromatic dream. Layered and textured, rich berried and spicy with glorious fruit concentration " lots to love and still much potential to unveil, I'd put some away but equally it offers some joyous drinking now.
17 July 2013, www.winingpom.com.au
Vegan-friendly
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- Adelaide Hills
Variety:
Wine Red - Shiraz
Size:
750mL
