Standish Shiraz Barossa Valley Lamella 2022

100 points Erin Larkin (Wine Advocate): "The 2022 Lamella Shiraz has a little secret held within, and it's one not noted on the label. Within this cuvée, is just two barrels of fruit from the Stonegarden Vineyard, the original Lamella Vineyard, before the current Huttonvale Farm. Stonegarden was planted in the Eden Valley in the middle 1800s and is a historic site. The wine rises with Chinotto and blood orange, black tea and pressed flowers. It is, in its quiet way, kaleidoscopic and mottled ... it does not stay still, it gently moves across the palate like sunlight over the course of a day. The long finish speaks of raspberry pip and sandalwood, pomegranate, Boscobel rose and even the softest suggestion of scraped vanilla pod. If you have the benefit of time, I would recommend tasting this on both day one and day two. As I see it, day two has all of the complexity of day one, with the added seamlessness and silk that only time can bring. This is the most alluring Lamella I can recall ever tasting on release, despite many previous releases' flirtation with perfection. 100% whole bunch. 14.9% alcohol, sealed under natural cork and wax. Drink: 2024-2052. (5/9/24)"

98 points James Halliday (Wine Companion): "The '22 release sees the Lamella fruit source shift to the ancient vines of the Stonegarden vineyard, planted in 1885, just out of Springton in the Eden Valley and a source for some of the region's top cuvées. It is a jaw-droppingly beautiful wine. Taut and finely structured despite the seemingly endless depth of its pure core of plum, black cherry and blue fruits. Hints of raspberry pip, sage, vanilla bean, sandalwood, liminal Averna tones, dried citrus rind, charcuterie, cold black tea, licorice root and crushed rock. Its fruit is sleek and polished, its line graceful, with an underlying sense of latent power, tannins uber-fine and compact, and there's a quartz-like clarity to its acidity as it propels the wine onwards. Give this one a good decant and pop a few bottles away. Closure: Cork. 14.9% alcohol. Drink by 2046. (7/18/24)"

97 points James Suckling: "Spicy and dark-fruited aromas of blueberries, mulberries, wild blackberries, violets and graphite on the nose. The palate is full-bodied with firmly integrated tannins and bright acidity, showing notes of blood plums, mocha, cassia bark, cured meat, dried herbs and ferric earth. The 100% whole-cluster fermentation gives it very firm tannins that will integrate nicely over time and come into balance. Drinkable now, but best from 2030. Drink or hold. (10/23/24)"