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NOTES
Shaw + Smith began over a long lunch in 1989 when cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith decided to realize a long held dream to make wine together. They specialise in Sauvignon Blanc, a single vineyard Chardonnay, cool climate Shiraz and more recently small batches of Riesling and Pinot Noir.
Martin Shaw is a winemaker with considerable international experience. He graduated from Roseworthy College in 1981 and worked with Brian Croser at Petaluma for eight years prior to setting up the 'Flying Winemakers' network in France, Spain, Chile, Australia and New Zealand. In 1988 Michael Hill Smith became the first Australian to pass the rigorous Master of Wine examination in London. Aside from being a wine producer, Michael is an international wine judge and consultant, and regularly represents the Australian Wine Industry at an international level.
TASTING NOTES
Pale green with green highlights, the M3 opens slightly austere, offering restrained fruit, a hint of honeysuckle and great palate length. There's a touch of toasted nuts complexity, and the oak is beautifully handled. With white stone fruit and savoury nutty characters, this is an elegantly structured wine with a long, fine, bone dry finish. While not as fully aged as its potential, it's drinking just as well right now. A superior single vineyard white with a soft, delicious dryness, that demands to be experienced.
REVIEWS
A fragrant bouquet of nectarine, white peach and a hint of citrus rind leads into a vibrant, fresh and very long palate; you know the French oak is there, but it speaks very quietly. Screwcap. 13.5% alc. Rating 96 Drink 2018 James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
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