Standish The Standish Shiraz 2023

Shiraz | Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia

The dry-grown, organically farmed The Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz derives from the western edge of the Barossa Valley. Careful hand selection of fruit and traditional vinification – including foot stomping – is followed by maturation in new (20%) and older French oak.

‘The long, extended ’23 vintage manifests itself beautifully in the glass with this release. It could be from nowhere else but the Barossa – the Laycock vineyard in Greenock to be precise. Fruit purity is a leitmotif of the Standish wines and, again, it’s peaking the meter in ’23, with deep black cherry and satsuma plum fruits at its core. There’s fruit density and power here but finesse and detail are close at hand. Tendrils of exotic bunchy spice move through the wine, with glimpses of sandalwood, dried purple flowers, charcuterie, tapenade and the ferruginous stamp of place. What I love about this release is the tension between fruit weight, fine tannin heft and mineral cadence. There is precision and power and that is a very attractive thing indeed.’

97/100 Halliday review by Dave Brookes

Limited quantities available, please contact us prior to ordering to confirm vintage availability

$159.00

1 in stock