MMAD Vineyard Shiraz

MMAD Vineyard Shiraz

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Variety

Shiraz

Vintage

2023

Size

750ml

Country

Australia

State

South Australia

Region

McLaren Vale

Description

The accompanying wine notes tell of the latest and coolest vintage yet for this 
vineyard, but the upshot was a wide picking window combined with small, 
bunches and intense fruit flavours. The result is an absolute stunner of a wine, 
boasting a layer of what can only – and perhaps a little too lazily – be described as 
cool climate-inspired spiciness. It’s more inherent than a flat-out feature and to 
be fair was present in the ’22 release, one ingredient in a complex range of scents 
and flavours that take in black cherry, plum, cassis with lifted aromatics in rose 
and pressed flowers and dusty cacao, bitter chocolate and, yes, spices with anise 
and pepper in the lead. Fruit, oak, tannins and spice are packed tight, an intense 
youngster that will age a beaut. In the meantime, it’s bright, it dances, it weaves, 
it’s a seamless engaging young Shiraz of the highest quality. 97 Points - Jeni Port, Wine Pilot

The People

MMAD Vineyard is owned by a partnership of four wine professionals, Martin Shaw, Michael Hill Smith MW, Adam Wadewitz and David LeMire MW. 

Michael and Martin, who are cousins, founded Adelaide Hills winery Shaw + Smith together in 1989.

Adam and David are now co-CEOs at Shaw + Smith, where Adam is Chief Winemaker, and David Head of Sales and Marketing.

In recent years Michael, Martin, Adam, and David have worked together closely on other single vineyard based projects including Tolpuddle Vineyard in Tasmania, and the Shaw + Smith single vineyard wines from Balhannah and Lenswood in the Adelaide Hills. They are thrilled to be collaborating on this exciting single vineyard project in Blewitt Springs. 

 The Vineyard

The fine Maslin sands in Blewitt Springs, along with the raised elevation that exposes the vines to fresh south-westerlies from the Gulf St Vincent, give an aromatic character that is as distinctive as it is enticing.

Below the sand, and the element that drew the MMAD partners to this vineyard above all else is a layer of ironstone that adds both structure and complexity to the wine. This is rare earth, and the old vines are a precious resource and part of our viticultural history that we are grateful to have the chance to work with.

MMAD Vineyard has Grenache that was all planted in 1939, as well as Shiraz and Chenin Blanc, the oldest of which were planted in 1941 and 1964 respectively. 

Our philosophy in the vineyard is to continuously improve soil and vine health, and to promote diversity of plants, insects, and the microbiome. The vineyard pre-dates us and will outlive us, and we have a great opportunity to help it thrive during our time farming it.