STANDISH 'THE STANDISH' SHIRAZ 2016

RM515.00

Magnificent glass staining inky black colour with an equally deep dark purple black hue. Soaring from the glass are powerful aromatics of ripe blackberries, dark plums and liquorice which are overlaid by flakes of dark chocolate and subtle notions of dried clove. Also evident are complexing elements of lightly scorched vanillin oak, earth and spice. Seductively rich and plush on entry the palate then firms up with a robust firmly built tannin structure gripping the back palate. Tucked in between that is an incredibly powerful core of luscious blackberry, dark plum and chocolate bullet fruit with subtlety scorched vanillin cedar, faint earth and spice also chiming in. Outstanding intensity and depth with a very long blackberry, dark plum, liquorice, lightly scorched vanillin cedar, subtle dark chocolate and spicy earth aftertaste. This seductive yet imposing Shiraz has a very long life ahead of it.