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Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay 2021
Standard - 75cl
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- Vintage2021
- ColourWhite
- ProducerShaw + Smith
- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia
- Sub RegionAdelaide Hills
- DesignationGI
- Bottle SizeStandard - 75cl
- LWIN11372002021
Wine Critic Reviews
The '21 M3 release sees a price rise, which the makers clearly consider fitting for a wine celebrated as one of the best chardonnays in the country. It's also an outstanding vintage. Quietly, it wields its magic. Its youthful exuberance is tightly wound, with whispers of green apple, grapefruit, lemon peel and almond, firming and rising through the wine. Acidity drives and energises the pristine fruit with oak a gentle accompaniment. Fine and elegant now. An outstanding future is writ large.
- Drinking Window: 2022 - 2031
- Reviewer Name: Jeni Port
- Review Date: September 2022
Restrained, elegant and complex, with no hint of tropical fruit but relevant citrus and white fruit notes in this cool-climate Chardonnay. Oak integration is stunning and the wine shows personality, vibrancy, mouthwatering acidity and a precise, long finish.
This is such a beautifully crafted Adelaide Hills chardonnay! Complex, flinty nose with notes of toasted baguette, lime zest, Asian pear and fresh pineapple. I love the underplayed power on the very focused, medium-bodied palate. Fine tannins underline the long and intense wet-stone finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
- Reviewer Name: James Suckling
- Review Date: October 2022
Light, bright green-yellow colour. Toasty nut bouquet, smoky oak, lovely fruit along with it, the palate delicate and restrained but intense at the same time, penetrating and long. A very taut, refined wine, with attractive tension and persistence. This is lovely now and has room to grow.
- Drinking Window: 2022 - 2031
- Reviewer Name: Huon Hooke
- Review Date: April 2022
Like Shaw and Smith's Tasmanian label, Tolpuddle, this is a Burgundy-influenced Chard with distinct seashell, struck match, grilled melon and preserved lemon characteristics. The midweight palate is slippery and toasty, with a beautiful line of acidity and a long finish. Polished and restrained, this is a class act that's a bargain compared to Burgundy of similar ilk.
- Reviewer Name: Christina Pickard