Shiraz
2021
Le projet Shaw + Smith a vu le jour en 1989, au cours d'un long dîner, lorsque les cousins Martin Shaw et Michael Hill Smith ont décidé de concrétiser un rêve qu'ils caressaient depuis longtemps, faire du vin ensemble. Ils produisent un sauvignon blanc, un chardonnay issu d'une sélection parcellaire, un shiraz issu d'un climat frais, et plus récemment, de petites quantités de riesling et de pinot noir. Aussi incroyable que cela puisse paraître, l'année 2009 marque le 20e millésime de...
The nose is lifted and perfumed, with fruit-driven aromas of blackcurrants, licorice, sweet spices and cured meat. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with finely integrated tannins, focused acidity and notes of wild blackberries, blood plums, ferric earth, mocha and dried herbs. Wonderfully balanced and structured, with 50% whole-bunch fermentation.
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Leaner, lighter and fresher than what I recall, although picked later than usual. A cool and attenuated year, more Euro of styling, the platform. Real vibrato! Satsuma plum, lilac, Bing cherry, star anise and clove meld with white pepper, cedar and vanillin-framed tannins that drive proceedings long. Savvy bunch and oak assemblage confer poise and authority. Classy, while needing time to shed the oak cladding.
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The 2021 Shiraz is ever the silky, svelte wine, never more than in this elegant, restrained vintage. It has cool, mineral detail overlaid by bright blue fruits and exotic spice. The tannins are very fine and serve to shape the fruit rather than intrude. It is perfumed, supple and seamless. It has by far the best concentration and complexity of all the vintages tasted here today (2015-2021). It has notes of raspberry, mulberry, licorice, beetroot, cranberry and redcurrant as well as white pepper, clove and star anise. Lovely wine here! It has sweet oak and is perfumed and shapely. Good!
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