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Smidge Wines

Smidge Wines 'S' Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 (RRP $85 WM $82.90) + Quick View
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Smidge Wines Houdini Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017 (RRP $28 WM $23.90) + Quick View
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Winemaker Matt Wenk

Tasting Notes
In the glass this wine is a pale straw with a green hue, initially the nose is full of citrus, honeydew and kiwi fruit, which then evolves showing hints of straw, minerals and subtle oyster shell and sandlewood. Once on the palate, the 2017 is dominated by citrus and passionfruit, coupled with some herbal straw characters and balanced with mineral mouthwatering acidity, fine texture and has great length.

Cellaring
Smidge recommends drinking this wine over the next 3 to 4 years.

Viticulture
The 2017 growing season was mainly warm and dry leading up to the start of the ripening period at which time, the mercury rose deliver- ing some very hot weather, making us all very nervous. In mid Feb- ruary, a much needed day long downpour was experienced, with a few lazy showers over the following days. This event reset the ripen- ing cycle, resulting in many blocks, including this Sauvignon blanc, ripening evenly over the following weeks in near perfect dry and mild conditions.

Vinification & Maturation
This wine was produced from fruit that was pressed lightly, with the free run only being used. The juice components were then settled before separately being cold fermented in stainless steel with neutral yeasts. This year approximately 2% barrel fermented fruit was blended. All parcels were blended, fined and filtered prior to being bottled.

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Smidge Wines Houdini McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 (RRP $28 WM $26.90) + Quick View
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Smidge Wines Houdini McLaren Vale Grenache Rose 2019 (RRP $28 WM $23.90) 94 Points Wine Companion + Quick View
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Houdini 2019 McLaren Vale Grenache Rosé

This Grenache rosé is light pink/salmon in colour while offering strawberries, pomegranate and minerality, the wine is bone dry and is balanced with refreshing crunchy acid and mouth watering length.

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Matt Wenk

About Houdini
The Houdini is the easy drinking introductory range for Smidge Wines. This 100% Shiraz comes from both the northern Seaview and southern Willunga regions of McLaren Vale. Although the introductory level to Smidge, this wine was matured in both bar- riques and hogsheads which were predominantly French (5% new) and a small amount of American for 18 months.

Tasting Notes
McLaren Vale Houdini has a black core with a deep red rim. The nose is quintessential McLaren Vale Shiraz with a perfumed array of dark berries, plums, dark liqueur chocolate, vanilla bean and spice. On the palate the dark fruits jump to the fore and generously flow through to the long finish, balanced with spicy dark chocolate and slightly chewy yet fine tannins. This wine screams for a juicy steak or some hard cheese.

Cellaring
Smidge recommends drinking this wine within the next 6 to 8 years.

Viticulture
This Shiraz was sourced from two immaculate vineyards. The block in the northern subregion of Seaview is approximately 25 years old whose soil profile is dark sand over red clay. Even with its double cordon, yields are consistently 2t per acre. The second block is on the western fringes of Willunga adjacent to White’s Valley. The vines are 10 years old and the vines are single cordon producing con- sistent yields of 2.5t per acre. The soil profile here is red / brown clay / loam mottled with quartz and ironstone.

Vinification & Maturation
Fermentation was even and on average lasted 7 days with a maximum temperature of 280C. Total average time on skins was 15 days. Upon pressing, the free run and pressings were blended to tank. After 24 hours, the wine was racked to new to 4 year old barriques and hogsheads, which were predominantly French with some American for 14 months, during which time malo- lactic fermentation occurred and the wines were racked twice. Prior to bottling the batches were blended and fined, but not filtered.

Alcohol       14.8%

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Smidge Wines La Grenouille McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (RRP $38 WM $36.90) + Quick View
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Smidge Wines La Grenouille McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (RRP $38 WM $36.90)

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Tasting Notes  

As soon as this wine is poured into the glass the colour is black to the core, with aromas of red/black fruits especially blackcurrants with an attractive ash note, a subtle herbal lift with cedar and char. Once on the palate this wine is full of lively red fruits and blackcurrants, chocolate and ash. The finish is long and juicy balanced by firm fine tannins.

Cellaring

Drink now until 2029 with careful cellaring.

Viticulture 

This Cabernet sauvignon was sourced from our Estate vineyard in the Willunga area to the South of McLaren Vale on a block of deep red clay/loam with an even spread of quartz and slate shale. The vineyard is 40 years old and is trellised with two cordons approximately 600mm apart. This structure allows ensure an open canopy allowing light ingress and air movement resulting in even ripening and low disease pressure. 

Vinification & Maturation 

Fermentation was even and on average lasted roughly 9 days with a maximum temperature of 28oC. Total time on skins was 16 days. Upon pressing, the free run and pressings were blended to tank. After 24 hours, the wine was racked to 2-4 year old French barriques for 12 months, during which malolactic fermentation occurred and the wines were racked twice. Prior to bottling the batches were blended and lightly fined, but not filtered.


Alcohol – 14.8%

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Smidge Wines Magic Dirt Greenock Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 - (RRP $120 WM $118.90) + Quick View
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Magic Dirt is one of Australia’s most acclaimed wines and the pinnacle of the Smidge Wines range. Its name reflects one of the great secrets of great winemaking – the quality that the terroir brings to the wine. Each vintage is inspired by the sub-regional terroir of South Australia’s wine regions with all vineyards selected trellised with a single cordon, single catch wire, and planted with the clone 1654.

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Smidge Wines Magic Dirt Menglers Hill Eden Valley Shiraz 2016 (RRP $120 WM $118.90) 95 Points James Halliday + Quick View
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Smidge Wines Magic Dirt Menglers Hill Eden Valley Shiraz 2016 (RRP $120 WM $118.90) 95 Points James Halliday

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Magic Dirt is one of Australia’s most acclaimed wines and the pinnacle of the Smidge Wines range. Its name reflects one of the great secrets of great winemaking – the quality that the terroir brings to the wine. Each vintage is inspired by the sub-regional terroir of South Australia’s wine regions with all vineyards selected trellised with a single cordon, single catch wire, and planted with the clone 1654. Magic Dirt Menglers Hill Eden Valley Shiraz is the perfect gift for the wine connoisseur or person who appreciates the finer things.

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Smidge Wines Magic Dirt Stroutt McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 (RRP $120 WM $118.90) + Quick View
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Winemaker Matt Wenk

 

Magic Dirt is one of Australia’s most acclaimed wines and the pinnacle of the Smidge Wines range. Its name reflects one of the great secrets of great winemaking – the quality that the terroir brings to the wine. Each vintage is inspired by the sub-regional terroir of South Australia’s wine regions with all vineyards selected trellised with a single cordon, single catch wire, and planted with the clone 1654.

"Deep red clay/loam mottled with small pieces of quartz and ironstone. The wine expands on the back-palate and finish with ripe, persistent tannins. The shape of the wine in the mouth is wider than its Barossa siblings, but not as piercing. Dark chocolate makes a mark, but not to extremes."
- James Halliday Wine Companion



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Smidge Wines Magic Dirt Willunga McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 (RRP $120 WM $118.90) 97 Points James Halliday + Quick View
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Smidge Wines Magic Dirt Willunga McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 (RRP $120 WM $118.90) 97 Points James Halliday

Smidge Wines Magic Dirt Willunga McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 (RRP $120 WM $118.90) 97 Points James Halliday

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Magic Dirt is one of Australia’s most acclaimed wines and the pinnacle of the Smidge Wines range. Its name reflects one of the great secrets of great winemaking – the quality that the terroir brings to the wine. Each vintage is inspired by the sub-regional terroir of South Australia’s wine regions with all vineyards selected trellised with a single cordon, single catch wire, and planted with the clone 1654.

"From Smidge's estate vineyard, the soil deep red clay/loam with small fragments of quartz and ironstone. Standard vinification, the result, like its McLaren Vale sibling, a wine that explores every corner of the mouth, ripe, slightly fluffy tannins the standard bearers."
- James Halliday Wine Companion

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Smidge Wines Pedra Branca Mourvedre 2013 (RRP $45 WM $43.90) + Quick View
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Smidge Wines White Label Adamo Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 (RRP $38 WM $36.90) + Quick View
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Smidge Wines White Label The Ging McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 (RRP $38 WM $36.90) + Quick View
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Smidge Wines White Label The Gruve Gruner Veltliner 2016 TROPHY WINNER! (RRP $38 $36.90) + Quick View
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With the 2016 vintage, although the season was dry and warm, the night time temperatures were often low, which maintained freshness and acidity in many varieties, including Grüner. A much needed rain at the end of January freshened everything up and many varieties finished ripening well.

The 2016 GruVe has been made in a similar fashion to previous vintages, although unlike the 2015, it is dry. Whole bunch pressed, no acid addition, wild yeast fermentation and then 6 months on yeast lees. Bottled mid-October.

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