About this winery
MMAD Vineyard is owned by a partnership of four wine professionals, Martin Shaw, Michael Hill Smith MW, Adam Wadewitz and David LeMire MW. Michael and Martin, who are cousins, founded Adelaide Hills winery Shaw + Smith together in 1989. Adam and David are now co-CEOs at Shaw + Smith, where Adam is Chief Winemaker, and David Head of Sales and Marketing. In recent years Michael, Martin, Adam, and David have worked together closely on other single vineyard based projects including Tolpuddle...
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Product notes
From the first vintage for the MMAD team, and it’s hard to
imagine a better season. Lovely mild ripening conditions gave
us Chenin Blanc with bright acidity and plenty of flavour. The
fruit was hand-picked, and approximately one third was whole
bunch pressed to old French oak puncheons, and the balance
crushed for more skin contact, and fermented in concrete vats
before going to puncheons.
Tasting notes
A combination of fine-ness from the whole bunch pressed component with more texture from the crushed fruit, and an array of characters including citrus peel, cumquat, wet stone, hessian, and sea-spray. The palate is long and framed by crisp acidity, with exciting ageing potential.