2005TheStandishShiraz

Sans Matured for 36 months in French oak this wine displays an impenetrable opaque black dark crimson colour with very deep black dark red hue. The nose displays perfumed aromas of ripe dark plum, dark chocolate and liquorice followed by some vanillin spice and mocha. Decadently rich the palate is a super concentrate of flavour with opulent ripe blackberry, liquorice and dark chocolate flavours encompassing every corner of the mouth followed by some vanillin mocha like characters and a spicy back palate. Silky smooth tannins give the wine a voluptuous mouthfeel. Superb depth with very long aftertaste of liquorice, ripe blackberry, dark chocolate and spice.Drink over the next 5-6 years (2011-2017).Alc 14.5%