Fragrant,

and

layered.

Fragrant and layered single site Pinot Noir.
A glorious match with crispy-skinned duck

Will reward careful cellaring for up to 15 years
Ideal serving temperature: 16-18°C
Produced using sustainable practices
Suitable for vegans

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2021

Shaw + Smith
Balhannah Vineyard Shiraz

2023

Shaw + Smith
Pinot Noir

Notes

Style

A pinot Noir of delicacy and fragrance, with fresh acid, and subtle layers of flavour and texture. Already open and expressive on the nose, with red fruit and spice. Bursting with flavour on the palate with cherry, strawberry, and raspberry, toasted spices, and flowing through to firm but very fine tannins on the finish.

Season

The growing season for the 2021 vintage was terrific. Soaking winter rains gave us good soil moisture, and that flowed into healthy crops. The summer was mild, slow ripening, giving lots of flavour.

Source

From low-yielding vines at our estate vineyard in Lenswood. First planted in 1999, it has east and west facing aspects and reaches 500 metres above sea level.

Vinification

Hand-picked and hand-sorted, then long slow ferments in wood and stainless steel vats, followed by 10 months in 500 litre puncheons, 30% new.

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Reviews

Good depth of red-purple colour, bright, the bouquet quite foresty in a strongly whole-bunchy style, dark and red cherry, blackberry and raspberry nuances, some clove/ginger/angelica traces, complex and beguiling. Great palate intensity with fine grained tannins and plenty of extract backing it up. A multi-dimensional pinot which entertains to the last. (All clone 114).

Huon Hooke, The Real Review
97 Points

Medium crimson. Fresh strawberry pastille, raspberry, hint chinotto aromas with underlying savoury notes. Beautifully balanced wine with strawberry pastille, raspberry, hint chinotto flavours, fine bittersweet tannins and some vanilla notes. Builds up al dente and juicy at the finish. Very fruity and buoyant with attractive vinosity and freshness. Drink now – 2028

Andrew Caillard MW, The Vintage Journal
95 Points

Vineyard planted on a south-facing site in 1999 at 500m above sea level. It’s a tight, controlled, convincing wine. It’s reserved and taut but it still managed to have me at hello. Smoky oak, boysenberried fruit, a wealth of soft, fragrant herb notes and a dry-but-velvety finish. There’s a lot going on here but nothing juts or hardens. There’s gloriousness to be had here.

Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
96 Points

Past Vintages

2019

A season marked by extremes. A low yielding, high quality vintage

Drink now or cellar until 2031

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2018

Warm and dry throughout most of the growing season. Beautifully balanced fruit.

Drink now or cellar until 2030

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2016

Early rain provided a strong foundation for the warmer year, resulting in high fruit intensity.

Drink now or cellar until 2028

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Shaw + Smith Lenswood Vineyard Pinot Noir

Magnum / 2021

750ml / 2022