Shaw + Smith Lenswood Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2018

Shaw + Smith Lenswood Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir

Region: Adelaide Hills, Australia

Vintage: 2018

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Pinot Noir

ABV: 13.5%

This Pinot Noir displays delicacy and fragrance with subtle layers of flavour, good texture and a well-balanced acidity. On the nose, the wine opens with aromas of red fruits and spices. The palate is bursting with flavour of raspberry, cherry, strawberry, toasted spice with firm but very fine tannins on the finish. Light in body, this wine shows a remarkable intensity..

Shaw + Smith own two vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, at Balhannah and Lenswood, totalling 55 hectares. Vineyards are planted with varieties that perform particularly well in the region, namely Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Shiraz. The grapes for this wine were sourced from block one in the Lenswood Vineyard. First planted in 1999, it has east and west-facing aspects, reaching 500 meters above sea level. The soil is brown loam over clay with some broken shale and stone on the ridges.

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.

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