Shaw + Smith

Pinot Noir

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Shaw + Smith

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is the most temperamental of varieties and remains the ultimate challenge for many winemakers – Shaw + Smith has joined the quest albeit in a ‘small batch’ way. Testament to the quest is their purchase of the Lenswood vineyard in 2012, which offers mature vines with elevation and aspect. Site selection, the right clonal mix, miniscule yields and fastidious vineyard management are essential to success. The fruit for this wine is hand picked to avoid damage. A combination of whole berry and whole bunch fermentation is complemented by extended time on skins pre and post ferment to allow gentle extraction.

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Tasting Notes

Sourced by fruit from the Lenswood vineyard from the 2013 vintage on, the wine retains its characters of delicacy and charm. There is floral perfume on the nose, followed by a fresh, textured palate, with red cherry and spice notes. Snappy acidity and fine but grippy tannins keep it fresh and taut.

Food Pairing

Try Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir alongside roast guinea fowl breast & confit leg, boudin noir & quince.

Pinot Noir is the most temperamental of varieties and remains the ultimate challenge for many winemakers – Shaw + Smith has joined the quest albeit in a ‘small batch’ way. Testament to the quest is their purchase of the Lenswood vineyard in 2012, which offers mature vines with elevation and aspect. Site selection, the right clonal mix, miniscule yields and fastidious vineyard management are essential to success. The fruit for this wine is hand picked to avoid damage. A combination of whole berry and whole bunch fermentation is complemented by extended time on skins pre and post ferment to allow gentle extraction.

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Tasting Notes

Sourced by fruit from the Lenswood vineyard from the 2013 vintage on, the wine retains its characters of delicacy and charm. There is floral perfume on the nose, followed by a fresh, textured palate, with red cherry and spice notes. Snappy acidity and fine but grippy tannins keep it fresh and taut.

Food Pairing

Try Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir alongside roast guinea fowl breast & confit leg, boudin noir & quince.

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POINTS
“A lighter, more pure and elegant expression from Shaw + Smith in 2015, this has bright cherry compote and fresh cherry, spiced strawberries, pastry-like and biscuity savory notes, gently meaty and peppery too, this has plenty of complexity and yet shows the purity of fruit very clearly, nicely delivered. Blue fruits as well as rose-like perfume, very subtle oak here. The palate has supple and fleshy fruit, tannins are fine and even, really sweet spices that are worked into the heart of the fruit, red cherry stone finish, very even, long and fired along by crystaline, vibrant acidity. This is their best pinot to date.”
James Suckling
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POINTS
“A lighter, more pure and elegant expression from Shaw & Smith in 2015, this has bright cherry compote and fresh cherries — not to mention spiced strawberries, pastry-like and biscuity savory notes, gently peppered meat and all sorts of other complexity. Even so, this shows the purity of fruit very clearly. It's nicely delivered. There are blue fruits as well as rose-like perfumes. Very subtle oak here. The palate has supple and fleshy fruit, tannins that are fine and even and really sweet spices that are worked into the heart of the fruit. Red-cherry-stone finish. Very even, long and fired along by crystaline, vibrant acidity. This is their best pinot to date.”
James Suckling
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POINTS
“Smooth, juicy and vibrant with lush cherry fruit and tangy style; balanced, fresh and long with great finesse.”
Anthony Dias Blue Lifestyle
“A pretty, light wine with dried cherry and cranberry character. Easy to drink.”
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Vineyard & Production Info

Vineyard name:
Ballhannah and Lenswood
Vineyard size:
30 acres
Soil composition:
Brown Loam over Clay
Training method:
Double-Guyot VSP
Elevation:
1,320 - 1,650 feet
Vines/acre:
740 - 1,110
Yield/acre:
2.4 tons
Year vineyard planted:
1999, 2000
Harvest time:
February - March
First vintage of this wine:
2007
Bottles produced of this wine:
24,000

Winemaking & Aging

Maceration length:
20-30
Varietal composition:
100% Pinot Noir
Fermentation container:
Open Stainless Steel Vats
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
10 days
Fermentation temperature:
up to 90 °F
Maceration technique:
Cold Soak Maceration and Punchdown
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barriques and Barrels
Size of aging container:
228L - 500L
Length of aging before bottling:
11 months
Age of Aging Container:
New to 3 years
Length of bottle aging:
8 months
Total SO2:
85

Analytical Data

pH level:
3.7
Acidity:
6 g/L
Alcohol:
12.6 %
Total SO2:
85
Residual sugar:
0.2 g/L