Shaw + Smith began over a long lunch in 1989 when cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith decided to realise a long-held dream to make wine together. Their vision remains to make exciting, refined wines, exclusively from the Adelaide Hills, that rank among Australia’s best. The wines are made from a number of sites throughout the Adelaide Hills. They specialise in grape varieties suited to the cooler climate, namely Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Shiraz.

Aromatically very fresh with intensity of flavour including lemon pith and pickled ginger. Very fine, with juicy acid and depth of flavour It has notes of white tea, apple skins, chalk, preserved lemon, a hint of curd and layers of brine. The palate is long, with good mid-palate texture and striking natural acidity to balance the intensity of flavour. A truly fantastic wine.

94/100 pts Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate