Shaw + Smith

Written By Campbell Mattinson

Shaw + Smith is a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.
Only the best of Australia’s best wineries are ranked as a Mattinson 10-Star Winery.

Shaw + Smith doesn’t chase noise; it chases precision. From carefully chosen Adelaide Hills sites, it delivers wines that are tight, clear-spoken and regionally honest. Its Sauvignon Blanc is an enduring favourite; it’s M3 Chardonnay a quality rocket; it’s shiraz a regular on annual ‘best Australian wines’ list. Everything at Shaw + Smith is considered: farming, picking dates, winemaking choices. The result is wines that age well, drink beautifully young, age well, and rarely if ever miss. Quality isn’t a moment at Shaw + Smith; it’s the default setting.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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