Shaw + Smith, Lenswood Vineyard Chardonnay, Lenswood

Light straw colour in the glass.Some reduction but not overpowering, getting lemon curd nectarine, hazelnut, lanolin and honey on the nose. Palate is creamy with softening fruit, healthy acidity and some mild oxidative layers. Long saline finish with some citrus. Delicious and great value for money.

Beautiful white fruits and toasted oak in the bouquet. On the palate white fruits, minerals, a beautiful touch of sweetness and beautiful acidity, great length and tension. Very beautiful wine.

Dark straw, clear. Pronounced struck match, flinty notes on the nose, with creamy leesiness, ginger spice, lemon zest and delicate white florals. I could sit and smell this all day. Fresh, vibrant acidity, lemon juice, juicy white nectarine and grapefruit pith, subtle creaminess on the palate giving some richness and palate weight. Gentle phenolics and long length. Elegant and Burgundian in style, but still obviously New World. The Lenswood Chardonnay is the best wine of the S+S range, and the …

Delicious. Creamy

Fine, linear Chardonnay fruit. Elegant. Fruit intensity. Burgundian in character. Good villages. Will evolve beautifully.