2021 Mr Smith McLaren Vale Shiraz 750ml

Colour: Medium to deep red with crimson hues.

Nose: red berries, nutmeg & touch of cinnamon, complimented with cedar oak.

Palate: Generous spice carries through to the palate. Fine tannins and intense red berries enhanced with integrated oak, bright acidity and a long finish. Overall true to varietal.
Best Drinking: great drinking from 2020. Beyond that it will age gracefully until at least 2027 and beyond.

Food Match: superb with rich flavoursome dishes. With the wine’s savoury notes consider also medium flavour pairings.

Winemaker’s Comments: A slightly cooler and wetter 16/17 growing season, with a long and beneficial ripening season, requiring less ripeness to produce maximum flavour. Grapes from Willunga and Sellicks Hill areas of McLaren Vale on heavy clay-loam soils. Matured in 2 and 3 year old American and French oak hogs heads for 18 months.