2022 Shaw + Smith Shiraz 750ml

Pre Order Now: Will be ready for dispatch in one week AROMA Violets on the nose, with red cherries, satsuma plums, roasted hazelnuts. PALATE Medium bodied, with soft tannins that close the deal. FOOD MATCHING Decant and enjoy with slow cooked lamb shoulder. VINIFICATION Hand-picked, then either destemmed and fermented as whole berries, or fermented as whole bunches with stems. We like gentle handling and long ferments so the tannins are fine, and the perfume of cool climate Shiraz is not lost. Matured in mainly older French oak. VINTAGE NOTES The growing season for 2021 was terrific, a joy after the traumas of 2020. Soaking winter rains gave us plenty of moisture in the soil, and that flowed into healthy crops. The summer was mild and slow ripening giving lots of flavour.