Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir 2012

Shaw + Smith Pinot Noir 2012 (Adelaide Hills, SA)
12.5%, Screwcap, $45
Source: Sample
www. shawandsmith.com

This is underdone.

It seems rude to say so given just how painstaking the attention to detail is at Shaw + Smith, but this looks just a little underdone, the fruit more vinous and less ‘dry-red’ than in previous years, but with quite aggressive acidity and a sappy edge that doesn’t quite let this flow.

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Ultimately carrying much more ‘pinosity’ than in some vintages, yet just a little too light to satisfy, suggesting the quest for delicacy has come at a cost of fruit weight.

Drink: 2014-2017
Score: 16.5/20, 88/100
Would I buy it? Not quite.