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2009 The Standish Wine Company Shiraz Barossa Valley
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2009 The Standish Wine Company Shiraz Barossa Valley

Producer: The Standish Wine Company
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: Australia
Region: Barossa Valley

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94 Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 2012

(sourced from vines that are reportedly over a century old):  Bright purple.  Explosive aromas of candied blackberry and boysenberry, with seductive incense and spicecake accents and notes of vanilla, incense and licorice.  Presents an array of black and blue fruits on the palate, with superb concentration and energy.  At once rich and lively, with lush, pliant tannins that fold into the dark fruit on the clinging finish.

93 Points | Wine Spectator
96+ Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Syrah

While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit. In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape...
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