Tim Smith

5 Star Winery - Halliday Wine Companion

"With a talent for sourcing exceptional old vine fruit from the Barossa floor,Tim Smith has created a small but credible portfolio of wines, currently including Mataro, Grenache, Shiraz, Viognier, and more recently Eden Valley Riesling and Viognier. Tim left his full-time winemaking role with a large Barossa company in 2011, allowing him to concentrate 100% of his energy on his own brand. In '12 Tim joined forces with the team from First Drop (see separate entry), and has moved winemaking operations to a brand-new winery fondly named 'Home of the Brave', in Nuriootpa" - James Halliday

"Tim Smith started his wine career as a cellar hand at Yalumba in 1987. 15 years later, with considerable support from the Yalumba team, he was Winemaker with a wine science degree under his belt and won the Winemaker Exchange Scholarship as part of the Barossa Valley/Rhone Valley Winemaker Exchange Program.  Since then he has worked as a Winemaker with St Hallett, Tatachilla and Chateau Tanunda. Wines made under the deft hand of Tim Smith have won countless awards domestically and internationally, one of the more notable hauls was a staggering 12 Gold Medals at the Berlin Wine Show in 2010. The 2010 London International Wine Show also highlighted Tim’s winemaking prowess, he was responsible for 3 Gold Medals and 3 Best in Class, one of the latter being for the Tim Smith Wines 2009 MGS (Mataro Grenache Shiraz)." - Tim Smith

 

  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Viognier 2023

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Viognier 2023

    Region: SA- Eden Valley

    PERFUMED AND RICH VIOGNIER WITH PLENTY OF FRESHNESS!

      "Another impressive release from Tim Smith. Some Viogniers are weighty and oily, but not here. Barrel fermented and aged in lees for six months, the freshness and sleek lines are clear. Handled with kid gloves, cut apricots, ginger, flecks of...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Bugalugs Shiraz 2021

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Bugalugs Shiraz 2021

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    ONE OF THE BEST VALUE BAROSSA SHIRAZ OUT THERE - WE LOVE IT!

      "Awash with generous blue and black fruits on the nose, as well as hints of earthy spices. This mouth-watering number delivers on the palate in spades: Full, rich, with some genuine nuance and style. Cracking wine." - Wine House  

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Bugalugs Grenache 2021

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Bugalugs Grenache 2021

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    JOYOUS AND REFRESHING GRENACHE

      "Bright and floral, but meaty too, boysenberry and raspberry, with a saline feel. Shows a tickle of spritz, meaty flavours in with plump purple fruit, maybe some dried herb, tannin a little dry and scratchy. Solid finish. Almost like a young...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Barossa Shiraz 2016

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Barossa Shiraz 2016

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

      "This is a massive Barossa red, with concentrated aromas and flavours. Dark plum, star-anise and spice abound, and in the mouth it has no pretence to subtlety but rather it's all about power, weigh, ripeness and age-worthiness. Cellar for 18+...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Grenache 2016

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Grenache 2016

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Wine Front 94 Points! "From a couple of 80 year old vineyards. 2016 seems like a good vintage for Grenache in these parts. Poached strawberries and cherry, plenty of spice, a pleasant minty perfume, and a deeper earthy smell, maybe kind of like wet...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Mataro Grenache Shiraz 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Mataro Grenache Shiraz 2015

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Andrew Graham 92 Points! Tim Smith has a real knack with texture. That may sound notional, but all of his reds – and I’m largely talking reds here – have a generosity that I suspect has broad appeal. I want to call it softness, but it’s not actually...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Viognier 2022

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Viognier 2022

    Region: SA- Eden Valley

    BRIGHT, LUSH AND SO EASY TO ENJOY!

      "A later than usual vintage, gave good slow flavour development with good natural acidity retained. Barrel fermented, aged on lees, and ready for your enjoyment!" - Tim Smith    

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Barossa Shiraz 2015

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Barossa Shiraz 2015

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Wine Front 93 points!“Blackberry, clove, sage, sweet earthiness and liquorice. Full bodied, but kind of lithe too, silky, toasty, savoury and sage-laced, mixed berries, firm acidity and insistent length. It’s a very good example of ‘classic’ Barossa...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Mataro Grenache Shiraz 2014

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Mataro Grenache Shiraz 2014

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    - Wine Front 93 points!Smells like a freshly opened box of liquorice all sorts, which is no bad thing to my mind. Plums, cherries, peanuts, a little brown spice and a pretty rosy perfume too. Medium bodied, juicy and fresh faced, all brown spice and...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Bugalugs Shiraz 2019

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Bugalugs Shiraz 2019

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    SLIPPERY, MEDIUM-BODIED BAROSSA SHIRAZ. FANTASTIC VALUE HERE.

       "Balanced oak, perfumed nose with an abundance of blue fruit and rich, ripe cherry. Earthy and spicy, creating incredible structure on the palate, with a freshness that keeps you wanting another sip. For those who love a lighter shiraz, but...

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  • Tim Smith Barossa Mataro 2012

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Barossa Mataro 2012

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Campbell Mattinson 92+ Points! ""Grown on vines up to 100 years old". Mostly from the Greenock sub-region of the Barossa Valley but some grapes sourced from a vineyard at Light Pass too. This is the third release of a Tim Smith Mataro. Heady and good...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Grenache 2014

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Grenache 2014

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    - Wine Front 93+ points!'Distinct dried herb perfume here over spice and smoke, maybe liquorice, but mainly pretty red fruits. Light to medium bodied, fine chalky tannin, strawberries, spice and distinct herbal/sweet stalky mouth perfume. Feels good...

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  • Tim Smith Mataro Grenache Shiraz 2013

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Mataro Grenache Shiraz 2013

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    Gary Walsh 94+ points"Chocolate sauce, floral perfume, crack of black pepper, berry compote, almost a sea spray character. Medium to full bodied, chocolate and hazelnuts, glossy feel with just right acidity imbuing a kind of cranberried freshness, then a...

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  • [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Viognier 2020

    [SOLD-OUT] Tim Smith Viognier 2020

    Region: SA- Barossa Valley

    THIS IS QUINTESSENTIAL VIOGNIER - PERFUMED AND RICH, BUT STILL HAS PLENTY OF FRESHNESS!

      "Sourced from two vineyards in the Eden Valley. Whole bunches, pressed straight to a combination of mostly used and new barrels. Un-inoculated ferments, no MLF, and bottled after a short ageing on yeast lees. It’s not the old fashioned...

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