Shaw & Smith - Shiraz 2022

Winepilot

A wine you’ll see on almost any city restaurant list because it fits the bill of real cool climate elegance with the stuffing most Aussies require of our beloved Shiraz, all at an accessible price tag. The vintage sees black fig, prune plums and sapote. A sliver of red toffee apple and black pizza olives. There is a sage leaf or two and woody herbs. The palate is streamlined with acidity driving the ship, more red fruit present with cocoa nib, coffee grinds and graphite. A savoury tapenade and spiced meat finish supported by powdery tannins. Drink now and will cellar for another few years. A great wine for almost any char or grilled meats – lamb chops and rosemary focaccia perhaps.

The Wine Front

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Shiraz is vibrant, spicy and lifted on the nose, with blackcurrant pastille, raspberry pip, sweet licorice and clove. In the mouth, the wine performs exactly thus, with gentle inflections of bone broth and crushed rocks. Mineral and fine and a little bloody. Good! 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

James Suckling

Dark fruited and spicy, with undertones of cured meat, black olives and herbs on the nose. The palate is well balanced, with firmly framed tannins and focused acidity that leads to a densely packed yet refined and pure fruit-driven finish with some lovely spicy, cool-climate shiraz flavors. A well-balanced wine that will age nicely. Drink or hold.