Descripción

Este monovarietal australiano de Shiraz crece en los viñedos del 'winemaker' Dan Standish en el valle de Barossa (norte de Adelaida). En viñedos muy seleccionados y en unos suelos graníticos consiguen un tinto intenso, cálido y lleno de personalidad.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
The Standish Wine Company
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2020
Grado
14.9% vol.
Variedad
100% Shiraz
Origen
Eden Valley

Cata

Nariz
Aromas terrosos, torrefactos (espresso), herbales y minerales, que se envueltas en un manto de frambuesa negra concentrada, violeta y frutos oscuros.
Boca
Gran cuerpo, intenso y profundo. La madera está perfectamente integrada, con un equilibrio perfecto, acidez y frescura. Se perciben notas minerales, florales y de fruta negra.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
En Grahnja Hutton Vale, Eden Valley.
Descripción
Estas viejas y retorcidas vides cultivadas en tierra granítica son atendidas a mano por la sexta y séptima generación de la familia Angas, justo al este de la ciudad homónima de Angaston.
Suelo
Granítico.
Clima
La mayor altitud proporciona noches más frescas que permiten una mayor retención de la acidez natural, aportándole vivacidad a las uvas.
Cosecha
Vendimia manual.
Vinificación
Se lleva a cabo en fermentadores abiertos.
Envejecimiento
Envejecido en roble francés durante 20 meses.

Opinión de los críticos

James Suckling:

The Eden Valley fruit gives a unique cool fruit character of blue fruits, iron and white pepper. Granite. Medium to full body, with tight and integrated skin tannins and a gunpowder undertone. Fantastic length. A little closed now. Drink after 2025.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2020 Lamella Shiraz was made with fruit from the Angas family vineyard in the Eden Valley (Hutton Vale Farm), with cuttings from the Mt. Edelstone vineyard, which is close by. It is made with 100% whole bunches in the ferment. "This is the last pick, and by that time the stems have fully lignified," said Dan Standish. It is floral, and granitic and minerally and über spicy all at once. It is the elegant wine of the lineup, thanks to the elevated vineyard and the cooling acid, but it also is possessed of a nuance and range of flavor that makes it distinct from the others. The Lamella has the breadth and range that the other two do not (making it neither better nor worse, just an observation), and it covers a lot of ground within that. It is shaley, and rocky and mineral, but it is also slightly herbal (there is fresh coriander and a hint of bay in there); the fruit is concentrated and pure and also has a splay of spice through the finish—licorice, star anise and a shake of allspice. Zoom out, and the wine has volumes of flavor and pillowy texture—it really does have it all. Due to the vintage conditions, I expected to be met by a dense wall of unforgiving flavor and tannin. Instead, it is possessed of a galaxy of flavor, pintucked into folds of texture and all of it spooling out over an interminable finish.