2016 Riesling

Shaw + Smith 2016 Riesling History: Shaw + Smith have a long standing love of Beginnings: Established Style: A Riesling that is both Riesling and believe the by winemaker Martin Shaw delicate and textural. Adelaide Hills can produce and Master of Wine The 2016 vintage has fine examples with ageing Michael Hill Smith in 1989. accentuated aromatics potential. Site is most Winemakers: Martin Shaw (florals) and particularly important, so much so that and Adam Wadewitz. bright acid. Shaw + Smith took a Vision: To make exciting, Vintage: September’s start Riesling hiatus from 2010 - refined wines exclusively to the growing season 2013, until this preferred from the Adelaide Hills that was warmer than average site was selected in 2014. reflect our sites and climate. leading to good canopy Ideal serving temperature: and fruit development. Vineyards: Shaw + Smith 6-8°C. January rainfall provided own two vineyards in the Cellar potential: Will reward relief from earlier warmer Adelaide Hills, at Balhannah careful cellaring for up to temperatures and was timely and Lenswood, totalling 15 years. to aid fruit development 55 ha. The vineyards are through the ripening period, Food match: Fish and chips. planted to varieties that resulting in healthy fruit perform particularly well being harvested two weeks in the region, namely earlier than average. Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Source: From a high and and Shiraz. cool single site in Lenswood. Winery & Tasting Room: Vinification: The grapes 136 Jones Rd were all hand-picked. Half Balhannah SA 5242 were whole-bunch-pressed Phone +61 8 8398 0500 and half were crushed and www.shawandsmith.com pressed, each fermented separately. The wine was blended then spent four months on lees prior to bottling in June 2016.

2016 RIESLING Eden Valley The Adelaide Hills Barossa Valley Although grapes were planted as early as 1839, it was not until 1979 that viticulture was revived AD in the Adelaide Hills. Over the last three decades the Adelaide Hills has built a reputation as one of Australia’s most exciting ELA cool climate regions producing distinctive, refined and elegant wines. Today there are more than 95 producers and over IDE 4000 hectares of vineyards. Located in the Mt Lofty Ranges thirty minutes Lenswood drive from Adelaide, ADELAIDE the elevation varies from Mt Lofty HIL around 400 metres at Macclesfield, to 600 metres Balhannah at Piccadilly and over 710 Shaw + Smith Winery & metres at Mt Lofty. The Tasting Room region is strikingly beautiful LS with its patchwork of vineyards, forests, beef and dairy farms, apple and pear orchards. The Adelaide Hills is bordered to the North by the Barossa and Eden Valleys with McLaren Vale to the South. Due to its altitude, the Adelaide Hills is significantly cooler than these more traditional regions. McLaren Vale

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