100 Points - Erin Larkin
Dan Standish is one of the most outstanding Barossa producers in the game today. A sixth-generation Barossan, Dan established the Standish Wine Co. in 1999. After many years refining his craft at Torbreck, he focuses on showcasing some of the Barossa's finest and most ancient sites under his label. Today his wines are some of the most sought-after of any in Australia, attracting a huge following with their seductive and devastatingly powerful styles of Barossa Shiraz.
As with all wines made by Standish, the 2024 Schubert Theorem Shiraz is a single vineyard Barossa Shiraz, with The Schubert produced from grapes grown in the Roennfeldt Road vineyard in Marananga. Another extraordinarily dense and complex Barossa Shiraz that delivers all the power and flavour Standish is famous for, our very limited stocks will sell out quickly.
"100 Points. The 2024 The Schubert Theorem Shiraz is forever one of my favorite wines in this lineup - if I am to reach for a bottle at home, this is often the one that my heart steers me toward. Aromatically, the wine leads with blue fruits and licorice, Boscobel rose and pomegranate. This is fresh, complex and powerful; the tannins feel delicately interwoven into the fruit, and the impact on the palate is all seamlessness and flow. Yes! This is an unbelievable wine. This is usually the only cuvée that features vessels other than oak, such as concrete egg. It preserves freshness and purity within the wine, like the eye of a storm, a center of calm and clarity in what is otherwise a maelstrom of dense flavor and texture.”- Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate.
"97 Points. Roennfeldt Road, Marananga is the source; a selection of sites within that strip, as I understand. A wine at the blackest of midnights. A sense of the old school/ good school to this wine, with its impossible richness and concentration, puffs of dusty, freshly lathed wood, old spice cupboard, roasted meats, turned earth, brambles and lavish array of stewed and compote forest berry fruits with cherry liqueur and vanilla wafer in tow. Graphite and coal make an appearance, tannins are sinewy, refreshing, long. Lush fruit counters the grip and dustiness here, the wine stuffed with garam masala spice in the midst of the opulence. And all of of this seemingly controlled, fresh, drawn long, kept in check with wonderful textural compactness. A lot on, a serious, stupendous, monumental wine. Tasted: MAY26. 14% alc. $165. Cork. Drink: 2026 - 2040."- Mike Bennie, The Wine Front.
