Stonefruit,

and

citrus.

Stonefruit and citrus, contemporary and elegant

Try with pan fried whiting
Ideal drinking until 2029
Ideal serving temperature: 10 - 12°C
Produced using sustainable practices
Suitable for vegans

Tasting notes

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2023

Shaw + Smith
M3 Chardonnay

2022

Shaw + Smith
Lenswood Vineyard Chardonnay

2022

Shaw + Smith
Lenswood Vineyard Chardonnay Magnum

Notes

Style

Energetic and intense with notes of lemon curd, grapefruit pith and ginger snap. The wine has beautiful natural acidity and a weight and complexity that is a triumph of the season.

Season

Our third La Nina influenced season in a row, 2023 was late, cool and wet. The result was the latest to ripen vintage that we’ve experienced, excellent acidity and lovely cool season flavours. While high rainfall coupled with slow ripening posed some challenges, careful viticulture allowed varieties like Chardonnay to shine, and the payoff was some terrific fruit when it was finally ready to pick.

Season

From our grower vineyards in Piccadilly and Lobethal and our exceptional Lenswood Vineyard, at 455–500 metres elevation.

Vinification

Hand-picked grapes are whole bunch pressed, then gently squeezed to the finest French oak barrels for fermentation. Here they spend nine months undergoing primary and secondary (malolactic)fermentation. Batches are then blended in stainless steel vats before bottling.

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Reviews

Energetic and intense. A mellow and understated chardonnay but with plenty of detail in spice, gentle savouriness and winemaking seasoning, cool acidity, a tightly wound fruit profile, general minerality and high drinkability. Overall, elegant and refined, sleek across the palate and quite compact with a light juiciness in tow. Nougat, lime curd, green apple and ginger in the bouquet, a similar set of descriptors to taste, with a lively trail of spice following on. High in the pleasure stakes, this continues to be an impressive Hills chardonnay.

Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion - August 2024
94 Points.

In case you were not aware you are drinking some of the first grapes picked from the S+S high density planting of the Piccadilly vineyard. Lemon verbena, grapefruit and wet concrete. Celery stem, fresh ginger and printer paper. Peach cheeks and almond nougat. A wash of electrifying acidity, coconut jelly creaminess and finishing with a sake like leesy quality. This is intense in flavour as we have come to expect from the M3 perhaps with more savoury shapes than previous years. It’s compact and muscular but with nice elongated lines of acidity and freshness of citrus fruit. For a chilly vintage this is showing very well now and will cellar up to 5 years. Serve with baked buttery bbq pork char siu bao buns.

Stanteh Wale, The Wine Pilot - June 2024
95 Points.

Shaw + Smith M3 Chardonnay Magnum

Magnum / 2023

750ml / 2023 Half Bottle / 2022 Aged Release / 2016