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Shaw and Smith M3 Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2007 This is another ripper from Shaw and Smith. It tastes lemony and toasty, yeasty and long, its creamy mouthfeel shot through with long reaches of citrussy acid. It's an outstanding combination of elegance and power - indeed of complexity and drinkability. Drink: 2009-2012. 95 points. Campbell Mattinson, The Winefront There’s a higher percentage of the Bernard clones in this vintage and it certainly shows in the wine. It’s got a lot more arse (and soul) than previous vintages which I found to be all head and shoulders… Flinty, matchsticky, creamy almond meal, white peach, sweet lemon and green banana sprinkled with cinnamon oak are the fine and very appealing flavours (according to me). In the mouth it has good fruit weight coupled with minerality in a complex White Burgundy style. With a lightly glossy creamy mouthfeel, excellent savoury inputs and a long dry flinty finish there’s nothing out of place - it presents itself in a cool, gentle and most stylish manner. Best I have tasted from the M3 vineyard. 94 points Gary Walsh, Winorama Has progressively moved from a contract grape growing base to estate production with the development of a 40-hectare vineyard at Balhannah in the Adelaide Hills, followed by the erection prior to the 2000 vintage of a state-of-the-art, beautifully designed and executed winery was erected at Balhannah, ending the long period of tenancy at Petaluma. While wine quality has been exemplary, the perfectionism of Martin Shaw will now receive full play. jAMES HALLIDAY