Shaw & Smith Pinot Noir region_geelong

Shaw & Smith Pinot Noir region_geelongProducer "Source: Predominantly from our Lenswood Vineyard, at 455 500 metres elevation. Undulating with east and west facing aspects, the soils are brown loams over clay with broken shale on the ridges. The vineyard was planted in 1999. Season: The growing season for the 2021 vintage 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, with

family-run operation which is a rarity for Provence Rose

This is followed by 22 months of barrel maturation

With the prices of Chablis skyrocketing and popular producers becoming scarce

medium body

and the whole lot was left on lees for 11 months before bottling

thanks to its ripe dark fruit it is also very enjoyable now

saline minerality

roasted herbs

they produce 5000 tonnes of fruit annually across several different labels and vineyards

Vinified in stainless steel with about 10% of this cuvee being aged in older 400 litre barrels

Dolcetto and Barbera

Elegant dark red fruits spring from the glass