Standish The Standish Shiraz 2022

Description

“A 6th generation Barossan, Dan Standish established his eponymous winery in 1999 whilst still working as winemaker at Torbreck Vintners. His endeavour initially began around an ancient parcel of Shiraz owned and farmed by his father. Due to family upheaval this source is now gone but has been supplemented by various sites throughout the Barossa Region that he has identified as significant and unique.All batches of fruit are fermented and matured individually then follows a strict selection in the winery that can see as much as 80% of the original blend discarded and sold off in bulk. As with the finest producers in Europe only the finest material is sold under the Standish Wine Company label.

“Stylistically Dan’s wines are as profound as you would expect from Barossa Valley old vines but they have a satin texture and dreamy perfume that sets them far apart from his contemporaries. Here, dark fruits are encased in cocoa and earthy richness but with gentle spice, soil tone, asphalt and a stony minerality that gives the wines a beautiful dimension. These are special wines, among the very best being made in Australia today. When you see what Grange and Hill of Grace sell for these days, these are a bargain.”   Andrew Guard, Distributor

About the 2022 vintage by Dan Standish: “Blessed with a long cool ripening season each of these 2022 Shiraz’s are unabashedly Barossa but more intricately reveal a distinct sense of place in which the vines inhabit. An outstanding vintage to showcase the intimate temperaments within our special part of the world.” Dan Standish.
“The 2022 season in the Barossa was a lovely one. In Dan Standish’s words, it was a “perfect vintage: wet winter, wet spring, followed by a hot but not crazy-hot summer. It was almost the perfect ripening season. A rain event in mid-January, and then we didn’t get that two weeks of 40 plus degrees we normally get at the start of February. We just didn’t get it. It was long, slow, even ripening. The best wines in the world are the wines that harness a variety to express the earth in which it was grown, via the hands that made it, and in so doing, hurl the drinker headlong into a world of curiosity and wonder. Like music, wine has a way of doing that… Drinkers will likely express their preferences for each wine, and as I see it, the 2022 season has produced the strongest set of Standish cuvées to date.” – Erin Larkin from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate.

Layers and folds of unfurling tannin typical of Greenock ironstone gravels.

98 points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate “The 2022 The Standish Shiraz is again providing me with the opportunity to assess bottles two days apart, and how different they are. The freshly opened bottle, as we would all experience upon our first opening, is tight and fresh, with cracked fennel seed, black peppercorns, cumin and ras el’ hanout, then dried blueberries and licorice, hints of arnica and raspberry. It’s cool and mineral, with a graphite finish. I cannot overstate how much better the wine tastes after two days. All of the edges smooth out, and it is composed and complete … what a wine. Balance and harmony in a single swoop. It’s savory, though. Super. 14.9% alcohol, sealed under natural cork and foil.”

96 points, Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion “Deeply coloured with heady, pure fruit of substantial weight and density. Dark plum compote and black berry fruits studded with dark spice, licorice, cassis, earth, dark chocolate, cold tea and wood spice. It’s like a piston on the palate, all compression and release, the core of fruit and spice propelled across the palate with impressive cadence. Some lovely fine, chewy, ferrous tannins and a seamless extended finish. Grace and power.”

96 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front “The 2022 release certainly have a distinct presence and potency in the glass, which could be a calling card of Standish, of course, though tannin profile is lighter and finer in 2022 overall, is an observation. They’re a bit more potent and powerful in a way. No slouching in cred, just a theme.

Midnight black colour. Whoosh! There’s incredible density and concentration here, but such focus and an attractive lift to the wine that seems counterintuitive to how much is going on. Marrakesh market stall scents and flavours, with dark cherry, rose hip tea, black tea, graphite, cardamom and caraway seed spices too. It’s incredible how much of an event this wine is, but how much finesse is here too. Epic stuff. IMAX movie theatre vibes. Immersive, is the gist, and done so well.”

RRP $170  Our Special Price $139.99 – EXTREMELY LIMITED – While Stocks Last