MMAD Vineyard - Shaw & Smith: Shiraz 2022

MMAD Vineyard - Shaw & Smith: Shiraz 2022

Shiraz 100%
rød, tør
13,5% Vol.
Drikkemoden: 2025–2040
velsmagende & krydret
struktureret
saftig
Lobenberg: 97/100
Halliday: 97/100
The Wine Front: 97/100
Suckling: 95/100
Australien, Sydaustralien, McLaren Vale
Allergener: Sulfitter,
lobenberg

Heiner Lobenberg om:
Shiraz 2022

97
/100

Blewitt Springs er en af de mest berømte vinmarker i McLaren Vale i South Australia, som første gang blev beplantet med vinstokke i 1939. Efter håndplukning blev vinen gæret med ca. 30 procent hele drueklaser. Dyb, næsten uigennemsigtig rubinrød farve med violette og ekstraherede tårer i kanten af glasset. I næsen eksploderer denne billedbogs-Syrah ud af glasset med masser af krydderi. Sort peber, lakrids, saltet karamel, friskmalet kaffe, tjære, røgelse, læderlænestol, grov leverpostej, rustent jern og et strejf af jod. Når jeg har absorberet det æteriske krydderi fuldt ud, kommer blommer, sorte kirsebær, cassis og endda nogle violer, der er begravet under alt krydderiet, til syne. Næsen er mørk, mystisk, dyb og uendelig kompleks. Med denne Shiraz er det faktisk nok at snuse til glasset. Mmmh! Der er ingen spor af overmoden frugt, "syltetøj" eller endda en alkoholisk Shiraz fra fortidens Australien. Harmonisk smag er nøgleordet. I munden perfekt modne, rene sorte kirsebær og blåbær med lidt chili-varme. Fine, kridtagtige tanniner ruller hen over tungen og efterlader en fin røget granitlignende mineralitet. Du kan faktisk regne med friskhed og balance i alle holdets vine. Vinmager Adam Wadewitz leger med druernes vidunderlige aromaer og har skabt et lille mirakel af elegance i det moderne Australien. Selvom mit program fra Rhône allerede er meget veletableret med nogle af de bedste Syrah- og Shiraz-vine, hører denne unikke Shiraz stadig til i sortimentet, fordi den bringer varieret og overraskende spændende drikkeglæde for enhver Syrah- eller Shiraz-elsker direkte i glasset.

Smagsnotat
97
/100

Halliday om: Shiraz

This is a seriously impressive release, showcasing winemaker Adam Wadewitz’s learnings from the first vintage and the bounty of full viticultural control. The old-vine fruit could easily handle about one-third whole bunch, a Wadewitz favourite. And that impact is profoundly positive, weaving in spicy, smoky notes and complexing tannins to provide exceptional tension without greenness. Red and blue fruits, violet and dusky red florals, coal dust, anise, cacao and roasted coffee bean. Intensity on the palate at moderate alcohol and no heavy mid-palate sweetness nor new oak. Rather, it is poised throughout, with fruit intensity seamlessly meshed into a silky, supple but aptly assertive structure, a ferrous nori/kelp mineral note underpinning. For a site purchased prizing grenache, this is a revelation.

Smagsnotat
97
/100

The Wine Front om: Shiraz

If you’re lucky, and most of us aren’t, there comes a time in your life when it all comes together. I suspect that’s what’s happened with this Blewitt Springs vineyard, planted in the middle of the Second World War, and the collection of wine people behind MMAD, all of whom have weathered a lot of summers in a lot of places in the pursuit of wine excellence. This wine tastes of a lot of right decisions, and of a lot of time spent in the journey to them. It has texture, balance, flavour and all that, but as my mum would say, ‘any dumb bunny can do that’. More importantly, what this wine has is all the nods and winks. I once wrote, a long time ago, of a moment where union legend David Campese ran straight through a bunch of defenders without breaking stride, or altering course. He did something, something that couldn’t be seen, and made the impossible look effortless. So too here. It has degrees of silk, fruit enough, a spinnaker on the finish, a volume of nuance. If there was such a thing for single vineyard, vintage, Aussie shiraz, this wine would be classified as first growth.

95
/100

Suckling om: Shiraz

A sumptuously perfumed grenache with no shortage of structural exactitude and the tension that comes with it. Lilacs, tapenade, raspberry coulis, freshly picked strawberries and anise. Dried lavender and rosemary are bound to the tannic latticework. Salty and nourishing, with the warmth of umami across the long finish. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

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MMAD er det nye projekt fra holdet bag de succesfulde vingårde Shaw + Smith fra Adelaide Hills og Tolpuddle fra Tasmanien. Med næsten 20 hektar vinmarker i Blewitt Springs, uden tvivl den mest berømte af alle vinmarker i South Australia's McLaren Vale, på "Maslin Sand"-jord og ekstremt gamle...

Shiraz 2022