2019 Standish Lamella Shiraz

The Standish Wine Company, founded in 1999 by sixth-generation Barossa vigneron Dan Standish, produces ultra-limited, single-vineyard Shiraz from dry-grown, old-vine sites across sub-regions like Greenock, Marananga, Krondorf, and Eden Valley. Using wild fermentation, whole-bunch inclusion, foot treading, basket pressing, and aging in French oak, Standish crafts powerful yet refined wines that express purity, intensity, and a strong sense of place. Highly sought-after and released in tiny quantities, each bottling captures the essence of its vineyard with precision and flair.

Known for its lifted aromatics, precision, and finesse, Lamella is a strikingly pure and detailed Shiraz. Typically sourced from high-altitude sites, it’s the most ethereal and finely structured wine in the Standish range.

Other Reviews....
Hutton Vale farm is the vineyard source for Lamella.
Bold scents of ripe plum, brined black olives, anise, violets, game meat and old spice cupboard. Feels quite controlled, etched with fine tannin, long and concentrated. Almost a mouth-perfume like character, perhaps the inkier booze speaking a little, but the coffee-licked tannins are brilliant, freshness is here, the wine set more towards medium-full bodied rather than full-full bodied. Very good wine. Cruises along at a sexy hum. Drink 2023 - 2034.
96 Points
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (May 2021)

Very fragrant and richly fruited nose with red plum, licorice, blueberry and forest wood, as well as a lightly peppery edge. The palate holds a plush and very intense edge of concentrated red plums, blueberries and mulberries, plenty of spice and a hint of chocolate at the fresh, long and focused finish. Drink over the next decade.
97 points
JamesSuckling.com