MMAD Vineyard is a new venture from the much-admired names behind Shaw + Smith and Tolpuddle Vineyard. It is a partnership between Shaw + Smith’s founders, Martin Shaw and Michael Hill-Smith MW, chief winemaker and CEO Adam Wadewitz and CEO David LeMire MW. For many years, this talented quartet had been searching for a site in the McLaren Vale. That ambition was realised in early 2021 when they purchased an established vineyard in Blewitt Springs, attracted by the potential of old vine Chenin Blanc, Shiraz and Grenache. MMAD was conceived as an acronym of the team’s initials. Blewitt Springs is a sought-after, high-altitude area of the McLaren Vale. It is the highest, coolest and wettest subzone and the fruit generally ripens two to three weeks later than the rest of the district.
"The 2023 Chenin Blanc is a tidy, textural wine, with gently loose-knit tannins through the middle palate and through the finish. This is all green apple and white flower, crushed quartz and warm, white beach sand. This is stylistically classical Chenin Blanc and quite beautiful for it. A lovely wine that puts forward a convincing case for choosing Chenin Blanc as your next textural dry white choice. 12.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
-94/100pts, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
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