2018 Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills
A$48.00
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SKU
2036V18
TROPHY - Winner of the Francois de Castella Trophy for Best Young White Wine
TROPHY - Consistency of Excellence Medal
GOLD - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2019
GOLD - James Halliday Chardonnay Challenge
Class is evident from the first aroma: a wonderful amalgam of stonefruit, yellow citrus with hints of yellowbox honey and exceptionally judged winemaking giving an overall sense of calm. Seamless palate: wonderfully integration with yin yang of richer nectarine stonefruit melding beautifully with crisp, biting lemon sorbet citrus. Depth, freshness, balance and an incredibly long finish make this an exceptional wine.
Vinonotebook - November 2019, Scored 19.5.
Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay is a wine of note. It’s a wine with a view, as in we all have one of it. It’s come a long way over the years. I like my flint and funk but when I first opened this it was alarming. It was a matchbox factory. Some chardonnays need a decant and a wait. Give this time and it shows both power and poise, its grapefruit, custard apple and stone fruit flavours woven expertly with cedar, oatmeal, almond milk and matches. It has a quartz-like aspect, a bristle to its brilliance. It’s narrow but it’s not lean; there’s more than enough power to its fruit. It should drink quite sensationally, from appropriate glassware, in another 2-4 years.
96 pts - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front - November 2019
Straw and hay aromas, a hint of rubber and smoke, the palate elegantly-crafted and very savoury, dry and taut. The artifact dominates the fruit somewhat and it all finishes a little short. What's there is very good.
Huon Hooke therealreview.com
| Product/Service Sold Out | Yes |
|---|---|
| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | White Wine |
| Wine Style | Traditional |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Adelaide Hills |
| Varietals | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 96 |
| Wine Medals | 2 |
| Wine Trophies | 2 |
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