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Review	Product Name	Vintage	Rating	Date Sort ascending	Favorite
Shaw + Smith - Wine Enthusiast	Pinot Noir	2017	93	Aug-2020
Review “You can tell straight away that this wine, with its translucent cherry hue, will be bright and bouncy. It smells like freshly squeezed cherry and strawberry juice, underscored by cinnamon stick, flowers and minerals. The palate is as light and fresh as the color and aroma suggest. The red berry flavors crunch and crackly amid a silky texture and gentle tug of tannins. Light, bright and a little stalky at the finish, this is a crowd-pleaser of a Pinot to be drunk fairly young and slightly chilled.” (Editors' Choice)
Shaw + Smith - Australian Wine Review	Pinot Noir	2019	94	Jul-2020
Review “Stylistically, this is a wine that has moved from bold and dry red-esque, to lean and underdone and now with the Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir 2019 it has finally hit Goldilocks mode (ie just right). Crucially, this is largely Lenswood fruit, sourced from the S + S vineyard planted in 1999. From the first aromatic flicker of gentle red fruit this seems right. It’s vinous, varietal and well balanced, all rhubarb, redcurranf and then a flicker of vanilla oak before plenty of acidity. Lithe. Beautifully formed. Correct acidity. It’s comfortably still Hills Pinot, complete with the mid palate fruit exuberance. And it all makes for a genuinely enjoyable wine that I could easily finish a bottle of.”
Shaw + Smith - The Drunken Cyclist	Pinot Noir	2017	91-93	Jul-2020
Review “Very light in the glass, almost translucent, with aromas of cranberry, dried cherry, and dusty earth. Delightful on the palate: quite tart with lovely fruit, although reserved, particularly when compared to juicy fruit-driven Pinots from, say, the Russian River Valley. In fact, this is much more reminiscent of a French Pinot than any from the Golden State (California), not from Burgundy but from the Loire Valley (Sancerre).”
Shaw + Smith - Jamessuckling.com	Sauvignon Blanc	2020	93	Jul-2020
Review “A very fresh, ripe and mouthwatering edition of this staple Adelaide Hills sauvignon that has such intense perfume, ranging from jasmine to nectarines, limes, peaches, passion fruit, melon and more. The palate is a riot of fresh, fleshy passion-fruit, nectarine and lime flavor. Very supple, fleshy and complete.”
Shaw + Smith - Jamessuckling.com	Pinot Noir	2019	93	Jul-2020
Review “A very complex pinot noir that has a strong, whole-bunchy streak with a big hit of sappy, stalky character across red to dark cherries. Still very wound-up. The palate has a sleek, smooth feel with ripe, red-cherry and berry flavors, delivered in a succulent, juicy mode.”
Shaw + Smith - Jamessuckling.com	Shiraz	2014	95	Jul-2020
Review “The brambly dark-berry aromas are wrapped in savory spices and forest-wood notes, as well as aged beef and earth. Some hints of dark stones and sappy nuances, too. The palate is quite elegantly crisp and fresh with smooth tannins carrying bright red plums and blueberries. Nicely settled.”
Shaw + Smith - Jamessuckling.com	M3 Chardonnay	2019	96	Jul-2020
Review “This is a very concentrated, complex and refined chardonnay that locks in on very intense white peaches, lemons and grapefruit, framed in a wealth of fresh, spicy, young French oak, as well as flinty elements. The palate has mouthwateringly fresh acidity, powering fresh lemon and peach flavors into a long, tautly wound finish.”
Shaw + Smith - Jamessuckling.com	Shiraz	2013	96	Jul-2020
Review “Very complex and fragrant with a wealth of cherry, blackberry and spiced-plum aromas, framed in savory, graphite and toasted brown-spice notes. The depth and smoothly fleshy feel on the palate is seductive and the core of plums and blackberries slides into the finish on a bed of fine, suavely polished tannin. Still very upbeat and fresh.”
Shaw + Smith - Jamessuckling.com	Shiraz	2012	96	Jul-2020
Review “Showing aromas of wet dark stones, the whole-bunch complexity has settled in nicely alongside peppery plums, black cherries and terra cotta notes. The palate has smooth-honed and compressed tannins that flow in layers of rich, dark-berry flavor. Polished and resolved.”
Shaw + Smith - Jamessuckling.com	M3 Chardonnay - 2018	2018	96	Jul-2020
Review “The 2018 M3 chardonnay is a clever wine that will impress the most discerning chardonnay palates, as well as delivering endless drinking pleasure all round. Aromas of white peaches, grilled hazelnuts, lemons, praline and gun flint give way to a palate that has a big mouthful of peaches and citrus fruit. This is big on flavor and refreshment.”

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