The Standish Shiraz Barossa Valley 2001

Opaque purple/red.

Old-school nose shows no overt sign of new oak. Deep aromas of spicy fig/date, steak and earth.

Deep and packed in the mouth, similar to the Alban, but this shows no extraneous sweetness (Alban listed at 15.9% alcohol, Standish listed at 14.5%). This, though, has a difficult time delivering in the mouth, at least at this point. Grainy tannin, earth and fig/date flavors.

This was also opened yesterday.

If I remember correctly, 2001 was a very hot vintage in South Australia.


$65