2023 Standish Wine Co The Standish

Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia

Grape: 100% Shiraz

Vineyard Practice: Sustainable 

Cellar Practices: Native Yeast · Minimal Intervention · Vegan

Culinary Suggestions: Char-grilled lamb, slow-roast beef rib, mushroom ragù, aged cheddar

Alcohol: 14.9%

Bottle Size: 750ml

Drawn from a tiny parcel of 96-year-old Shiraz vines on the Standish family’s Vine Vale estate, the 2023 The Standish Shiraz offers vibrant dark-cherry and blackberry fruit accented by warm clove and cracked pepper. Plush, velvety tannins and bright acidity make it immediately approachable, yet its depth and balance promise cellaring potential

Overview

Dan Standish’s journey with The Standish Shiraz began in 1999, when he secured a mere half-hectare of his parents’ Vine Vale vineyard—planted in 1927 and farmed by his family ever since. That historic block, now nearly a century old, yields fewer than 300 dozen bottles each year, underscoring both its rarity and the care required to tend such ancient vines. Dan ferments on wild yeasts and ages the wine for 30 months in French oak, but it is the vineyard’s legacy—its deep roots, old-school dry-farming and enduring connection to the Standish family—that imbues this Shiraz with its unmistakable sense of place.