2024 Shaw & Smith Pinot Noir 375ml 6 Pack

93 POINTS

Mike Bennie - Halliday Wine Companion

Shaw + Smith reliably makes supple, fruit-forward Adelaide Hills pinot noir, and that statement rings true here. It's a fresh and fruity expression, quite straightforward and ripe but with dark cherry, raspberry and cranberry fruit on the go. It feels attractive in its primary, pretty representation of the variety. Tannin is soft, the finish a little gummy, but overall it's a charming red that delivers good pinosity and a little pizzazz.

92 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2024 Pinot Noir is intensely flavored, a little meaty and loaded with red berries, spice and tannin. This is a more powerfully structured Pinot Noir than many on the tasting bench today, and it works well in its favor. With notes of sumac, baking spices and warm cookies, there's a lot of comfort and pleasure in this wine, emphasized by the finish. 2024 in Adelaide Hills, by all accounts, is a very good vintage, and the density here of this wine indicates the trueness of that assessment. This is very good, warmly recommended. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

91 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

Here we are, and I feel S+S always ask a premium price for their wines. No problem with that. Just saying, Something of a raspberry and rhubarb character here, a little sooty tannin, some orange rind, a bit mulchy and tangy, finishes with blood plum and earthy things and quite Adelaide Hills in its quasi Pinot character, which is not really very Pinot, more Shiraz and damp earthy bits. Nevertheless a good wine.  Has character.