Shaw and Smith Lenswood Vineyard Chardonnay 2020

Shaw + Smith Lenswood Vineyard Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 

Region: Adelaide Hills, Australia

Vintage: 2020

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 13%

Notes: Vegetarian, Vegan

A fine-boned Chardonnay with beautifully intense fruit flavours of citrus and white stone fruits, accompanied by floral, lemon curd and mineral notes. Its layered texture is balanced by a lively, high acidity.

First planted in 1999, the Lenswood vineyard combines high altitude (455 to 500 metres above sea level), mature vines, and diverse aspects, including cool, east- and south-facing blocks on soils of brown loam over clay with some broken shale. Following significant investments to improve the vineyard since its acquisition by Shaw + Smith in 2012, it is a great source for wines that can stand alone as single vineyard releases, with the balance to reward ageing. The grapes for this wine came from Block 3 and Block 4 of the Lenswood Vineyard.

Shaw + Smith began over a long lunch in 1989 when cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith decided to realise a long-held dream to make wine together. Their vision remains to make exciting, refined wines, exclusively from the Adelaide Hills, that rank among Australia’s best. The wines are made from a number of sites throughout the Adelaide Hills.

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