{"id":187,"date":"2010-03-06T13:49:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-06T13:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=187"},"modified":"2010-03-06T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-06T13:49:08","slug":"standish-andelmonde-shira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wine-reviews\/standish-andelmonde-shira","title":{"rendered":"An incredible Barossa Shiraz &#8211; one of the best ever?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/HPIM5196.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-188\" title=\"standish andelmonde\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/HPIM5196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/HPIM5196.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/HPIM5196-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/HPIM5196-150x131.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/HPIM5196-400x349.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was blown away by this wine. I&#8217;ve tasted lots and lots of Barossa reds, and of those, this is perhaps the best &#8211; or at least very close to that. When I poured it, the density and intensity colour made me suspect it was going to be one of those big, spoofy styles, but it wasn&#8217;t at all. There&#8217;s not a hint of over-ripeness here, and it weighs in at 13.5% alcohol, even though it is a concentrated beast. Unfortunately, it is also expensive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Standish Andelmonde Shiraz 2007 Barossa<\/strong><br \/>\nA single-vineyard Shiraz (Greenock) from Dan Standish, sealed with natural cork, 13.5% alcohol, with &#8216;minimal sulphur added&#8217; according to the back label. Intensely coloured, with a nose that is ripe and sweet but has well defined blackberry, plum and dark cherry fruit with some spice and subtle earthy notes. The palate is hugely concentrated with dense, dark, ripe fruit beautifully framed by the fresh acidity and spicy, earthy savouriness. It&#8217;s beautifully judged with firm structure underpinning the sweet fruit, and the oak playing a supporting role. There&#8217;s no hint of over-ripeness, and this is a powerful but balanced wine. One of the best examples of Barossa Shiraz I&#8217;ve ever tried. 96\/100 (\u00a375 UK agent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stokesfinewines.com\/wineries\/standish-wine-company\" target=\"_blank\">Stokes<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was blown away by this wine. I&#8217;ve tasted lots and lots of Barossa reds, and of those, this is perhaps the best &#8211; or at least very close to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,11,3],"tags":[366,62,51,353],"class_list":["post-187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-syrah","category-wine-reviews","tag-australia","tag-barossa","tag-shiraz","tag-syrah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}