Standish

Dan Standish (who was the wine-maker at Torbreck until 1999) produces four different wines, each from a specific vineyard that represents a different part and style of the Barossa Valley. All the Standish range exemplify Dan’s enormous passion for the reserved style of Rhône Valley Shiraz. His wines imitate this classic region.

The development of Dan Standish’s Barossa winery has been awe-inspiring in the last few years. Although the small winery has yet to develop an international following like Penfolds, Clarendon Hills or Torbreck, this is only because Standish is a boutique winery making small quantities of wine that are not widely exported. Producing wines of premium quality that are every bit their equal, Standish’s Shiraz are fantastic value as compared to other top Australian wineries.

Prices: In Bond Inc. VAT

Year	Wine	Region	Format	Qty	Score	Price
Standish Schubert Theorem Shiraz 2018 (6x75cl) Inc. VAT: £694.07
2018	Standish Schubert Theorem Shiraz 2018 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (96-98) Mint, sage and thyme accent blackberry and black cherry fruit in the 2018 The Schubert Theorem Shiraz. Full-bodied and rich without being heavy, it finishes tremendously long, with silky, cocoa-powder-like tannins. It should drink well for a couple of decades. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	South Australia	6x75cl	1	96-98 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £694.07
Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2003 (1x75cl) Inc. VAT: £117.88
2003	Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2003 (1x75cl) Wine Advocate (99) The 2003 Shiraz (100% Shiraz from a 90-year-old Vine Vale vineyard) was cropped at .5 tons of fruit per acre, and was aged 32 months in old French oak. It is a magnificent effort boasting tremendous ripeness as well as abundant blueberry and creme de cassis notes intermixed with flowers, graphite, and crushed rocks. With amazing concentration, purity, and richness, but no heaviness (the alcohol is only 14.5%), and a finish that lasts well past a minute, it is accessible now, but should age effortlessly for two decades or more. As per photos ,1021529 - Non SIB, Vine Repack Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 3-4 weeks	South Australia	1x75cl	1	99 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £117.88
Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2005 (6x75cl) Inc. VAT: £542.87
2005	Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2005 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (96) The fruit for the 2005 Shiraz came from nearly 100 year old vines and spent 36 months in seasoned French barriques. Deep garnet-purple colored, it is vibrant and floral at this stage with notes of chocolate, creme de cassis, game, mint and anise. The palate is fine and complex, with a good backbone of high acid, medium level of fine-grained tannins and a long harmonious finish. It’s drinking now and should continue to do so until 2020+. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 5-7 weeks	South Australia	6x75cl	1	96 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £542.87
Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2006 (6x75cl) Inc. VAT: £562.07
2006	Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2006 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (95) The 2006 Shiraz was sourced from a single parcel of 98 year old vines yielding a minuscule 0.5 tons of fruit per acre. It was aged for 36 months in seasoned French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it offers up a superb, room-filling bouquet of cigar box, baking spices, smoked meat, lavender, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. On the palate this harmonious, velvety-textured effort is voluptuous, full-flavored, succulent, and exceptionally long. It has enough structure to evolve for 4-6 years but will be hard to resist early on. Its prime drinking window will extend from 2014 to 2026. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	South Australia	6x75cl	1	95 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £562.07
Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2020 (6x75cl) ~~£496.07~~ Inc. VAT: £496.07
2020	Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2020 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (96) The 2020 The Standish Shiraz was made with fruit from the Laycock family vineyard, in Greenock. The first vintage was 1999. This vintage saw 30% whole bunches in the ferment. It offers notes of red dirt, a bit of blood, salted heirloom tomato and satsuma plum. This is concentrated, compacted, plush, dense and muscular, with notes of ras el’hanout, allspice, torched cinnamon and salted Dutch licorice. This wine is like playing "Magic Eye." There’s a lot going on, but if you relax, a pattern emerges and the detail becomes obvious for all to see. Within the fine but plushly tannic frame, there is saltbush and bay leaf, exotic spice and cascading layers of berry fruits. The dirt in which the roots are entangled similarly shows its colors—and these are red, ochre, earth and dust. At first glance, the foolish and the rash will overlook this for being singularly muscular and full-bodied, but like all the best IYKYK (if you know, you know—wink wink) scenarios, there is far more than meets the palate here. Another blockbuster Standish. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 7-9 weeks	South Australia	6x75cl	3	96 (WA) Read Review/Description	~~£496.07~~ Inc. VAT: £496.07
Standish The Relic Shiraz-Viognier 2020 (6x75cl) Inc. VAT: £610.07
2020	Standish The Relic Shiraz-Viognier 2020 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (99) The 2020 The Relic Shiraz-Viognier is made with fruit from the Hongell family vineyard in Krondorf, with 15% to 20% whole bunches in the ferment and 1% Viognier skins co-fermented. This is the best I’ve seen it. There’s something about the combination of the hot year and the diminished yields—it has recoiled and recompressed the Viognier on top of and into the Shiraz and brought them into balance/harmony. Beneath its floral and stone fruit guiles is a pool of savory, muscular, red-dirt Shiraz. There is bacon fat and pure berry fruit and spice for days… I’ve recently looked at a previous vintage of this wine alongside an older but immaculate Chateau d’Ampuis, and while their origins were clear in the glass, the Relic proved an Australian perspective more than relevant. The balance between the varieties—and the classic push/pull of sweet and savory—is more harmonious this year than in any I can remember, and the only thing I am more excited about when I consider this wine is what I will say next year, through the lens of an excellent, cool and elegant year. What a fine pair they will make. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 7-9 weeks	South Australia	6x75cl	1	99 (WA) Read Review/Description	Inc. VAT: £610.07

Year	Wine	Region	Format	Qty	Score	Price
Standish Schubert Theorem Shiraz 2018 (6x75cl) In Bond: £565.00
2018	Standish Schubert Theorem Shiraz 2018 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (96-98) Mint, sage and thyme accent blackberry and black cherry fruit in the 2018 The Schubert Theorem Shiraz. Full-bodied and rich without being heavy, it finishes tremendously long, with silky, cocoa-powder-like tannins. It should drink well for a couple of decades. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	South Australia	6x75cl	1	96-98 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £565.00
Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2003 (1x75cl) In Bond: £96.00
2003	Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2003 (1x75cl) Wine Advocate (99) The 2003 Shiraz (100% Shiraz from a 90-year-old Vine Vale vineyard) was cropped at .5 tons of fruit per acre, and was aged 32 months in old French oak. It is a magnificent effort boasting tremendous ripeness as well as abundant blueberry and creme de cassis notes intermixed with flowers, graphite, and crushed rocks. With amazing concentration, purity, and richness, but no heaviness (the alcohol is only 14.5%), and a finish that lasts well past a minute, it is accessible now, but should age effortlessly for two decades or more. As per photos ,1021529 - Non SIB, Vine Repack Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 3-4 weeks	South Australia	1x75cl	1	99 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £96.00
Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2005 (6x75cl) In Bond: £439.00
2005	Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2005 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (96) The fruit for the 2005 Shiraz came from nearly 100 year old vines and spent 36 months in seasoned French barriques. Deep garnet-purple colored, it is vibrant and floral at this stage with notes of chocolate, creme de cassis, game, mint and anise. The palate is fine and complex, with a good backbone of high acid, medium level of fine-grained tannins and a long harmonious finish. It’s drinking now and should continue to do so until 2020+. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 5-7 weeks	South Australia	6x75cl	1	96 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £439.00
Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2006 (6x75cl) In Bond: £455.00
2006	Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2006 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (95) The 2006 Shiraz was sourced from a single parcel of 98 year old vines yielding a minuscule 0.5 tons of fruit per acre. It was aged for 36 months in seasoned French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it offers up a superb, room-filling bouquet of cigar box, baking spices, smoked meat, lavender, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. On the palate this harmonious, velvety-textured effort is voluptuous, full-flavored, succulent, and exceptionally long. It has enough structure to evolve for 4-6 years but will be hard to resist early on. Its prime drinking window will extend from 2014 to 2026. 1 In Stock - Immediate Delivery	South Australia	6x75cl	1	95 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £455.00
Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2020 (6x75cl) In Bond: £400.00
2020	Standish Single Vineyard Shiraz The Standish 2020 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (96) The 2020 The Standish Shiraz was made with fruit from the Laycock family vineyard, in Greenock. The first vintage was 1999. This vintage saw 30% whole bunches in the ferment. It offers notes of red dirt, a bit of blood, salted heirloom tomato and satsuma plum. This is concentrated, compacted, plush, dense and muscular, with notes of ras el’hanout, allspice, torched cinnamon and salted Dutch licorice. This wine is like playing "Magic Eye." There’s a lot going on, but if you relax, a pattern emerges and the detail becomes obvious for all to see. Within the fine but plushly tannic frame, there is saltbush and bay leaf, exotic spice and cascading layers of berry fruits. The dirt in which the roots are entangled similarly shows its colors—and these are red, ochre, earth and dust. At first glance, the foolish and the rash will overlook this for being singularly muscular and full-bodied, but like all the best IYKYK (if you know, you know—wink wink) scenarios, there is far more than meets the palate here. Another blockbuster Standish. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 7-9 weeks	South Australia	6x75cl	3	96 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £400.00
Standish The Relic Shiraz-Viognier 2020 (6x75cl) In Bond: £495.00
2020	Standish The Relic Shiraz-Viognier 2020 (6x75cl) Wine Advocate (99) The 2020 The Relic Shiraz-Viognier is made with fruit from the Hongell family vineyard in Krondorf, with 15% to 20% whole bunches in the ferment and 1% Viognier skins co-fermented. This is the best I’ve seen it. There’s something about the combination of the hot year and the diminished yields—it has recoiled and recompressed the Viognier on top of and into the Shiraz and brought them into balance/harmony. Beneath its floral and stone fruit guiles is a pool of savory, muscular, red-dirt Shiraz. There is bacon fat and pure berry fruit and spice for days… I’ve recently looked at a previous vintage of this wine alongside an older but immaculate Chateau d’Ampuis, and while their origins were clear in the glass, the Relic proved an Australian perspective more than relevant. The balance between the varieties—and the classic push/pull of sweet and savory—is more harmonious this year than in any I can remember, and the only thing I am more excited about when I consider this wine is what I will say next year, through the lens of an excellent, cool and elegant year. What a fine pair they will make. Estimated Arrival to United Kingdom: 7-9 weeks	South Australia	6x75cl	1	99 (WA) Read Review/Description	In Bond: £495.00

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