Balhannah Vineyard Shiraz 2020

SHAW + SMITH

Balhannah Vineyard Shiraz
2020

  • Organic
  • Vegan

$102.74*

* Suggested retail price

10 case(s) available

Product code
208377
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Speculative
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Australia
Regulated designation
Table wine
Region
South Australia
Subregion
Adelaide
Classification
Estate bottled
Varietal(s)
Shiraz 100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Metal screw cap
Producer's website

About this winery

Shaw + Smith winery was founded in 1989 by Michael Hill Smith and Martin Shaw with the goal of producing elegant, refined, world class wines from the cool climate Adelaide hills region of Australia. That Shaw + Smith have succeeded in spades should come as no surprise given the resumes of the winery's two founders. Michael Hill Smith was born into wine, a member of the Yalumba family. A Cordon Bleu trained chef, wine writer, wine judge, and Australia's first Master of Wine he relished the...

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Press reviews

James Halliday (Australian Wine Companion)

- 95 points -

Ned Goodwin MW, July 2023 (Vintage 2020)

From a relatively close-planted plot on clay, ironstone, quartzite and shale. Whole bunches fermented wild in open tops with minimal agitation. A headily aromatic shiraz with notes of lavender and green olive and an underbelly of verdant herb and mezcal, the legacy of whole bunches in the ferment. Notes of damson plum, red cherry, violet and sarsaparilla trail across a raft of peppery tannins, a bit drying due to the low-yielding year. A whiff of iodine, peat and smoked meat lingers. This will benefit from some patience.

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