Last Bottles

99 Points - James Suckling “Unbelievable! Another insane wine. The length of this is endless. The blue fruits and Asian spices are mind-blowing. It’s medium- to full-bodied with a mouth full of polished and refined, creamy tannins. It goes on for minutes. Endless. Seamless...read more

96 Points - Erin Larkin "It has all the exoticism and romance of a hike through the mountains of Morocco, yet it, perhaps more than any other wine in the collection, speaks of the Barossa...read more

Contains one 75cl bottle of each:

• 2022 Standish The Standish
• 2022 Standish The Relic
• 2022 Standish Lamella
• 2022 Standish The Schubert Theorem

Mystery Case of Six Bottles of Standish Wine - Full Selling Value £499.00

SAVE £149.00

Erin Larkin, RobertParker.com "It's gently reductive, pillowy and cushioned yet precise and tight. Gotta love that southern acidity. It is still coming together. It will be so much better in a year or more. I love this wine."

Sparkling Duck is a multi-vintage wine bottled to express an array of complex fruit characters and textures, from lovely primary fruit to earthy rounded fruit that only comes from long term barrel ageing. 

Stuart McCloskey “Fun, super-enjoyable and pitched perfectly, would be my summary (and I believe best served on the ‘cooler’ side). The bouquet is filled with soused cherry...read more

99 Points – Huon Hooke, RealReview.com “Impressively deep, bright red-purple colour, in great shape for an Australian pinot of its age, then the bouquet arrives with a great complexity of smoked charcuterie...read more

Chris Coulter, Winemaker "Adelaide Hills Gamay. Bright Cherry red, aromas and flavours of red fruit, white pepper and obvious whole bunch all supported by crunchy acidity and a subtle structure that provides length and weight."

Jaysen Collins: Light and cloudy in colour with enticing aromas of tropical and stone fruit. Flavours of nectarine, passionfruit and lychee dominate with subtle hints of spice from partial oak maturation...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Two-years later, this has transformed and knitted together beautifully... Simply, sit with the wine, swirl away and enjoy the heady aromatics. Highly recommended is an understatement…read more

Stuart McCloskey “I so wish I was back in the summer whiling the warm evenings away with a bottle of this textural beauty. Alluring aromatics of fresh pear, apple, a zip of grapefruit and the faintest whiff of struck match...read more

97 Points – James Halliday “Its clarity matches its freshness; The highly fragrant blend of cherry and plum drives a long, fine, elegant palate...read more

Stuart McCloskey "This wine delivers purity and composure. There’s as much latent power as sheer beauty – a very serious and intelligently crafted wine. True winemaking, if you like, and a direct link to its home. This is beautiful...read more

Stuart McCloskey "So characterful and very impressive… I find too many Malbecs heavy however, this is medium-bodied, the fruit is wonderfully fresh and has a lovely flow of uninterrupted flavour...read more

Stuart McCloskey "The bouquet is epic and immensely pleasing – Wonderful length which shows its quality.  Pure, precise, detailed and simply, darn right delicious...read more

95 Points - James Halliday "The bouquet is fragrant, the wine no more than medium-bodied, and well balanced courtesy of fresh red and dark fruits....read more

94 Points - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front) "Classic Eden Valley with red fruits, chamomile and sage, plus some spice. It’s medium-bodied, supple and spicy, fresh and juicy...read more

Stuart McCloskey "The palate is a joy, I hate to use the term ‘intellectual’, but this one stops you in your tracks and forces a private discussion between you and the wine – so much is going on...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Hawke's Bay gravelly soils have a long history of producing exceptional wines that truly represent its terroir. This bridges the old and new worlds beautifully...read more

William Kelley, Robert Parker.com “The 2019 Moulin-à-Vent Clos du Grand Carquelin has turned out especially well this year, wafting from the glass with notes of dark berry fruit...read more

Mike Bennie, The Wine Front "Expressive, personality imbued wine that marches to its own beat. Very brambly, dark fruited, autumnal and savoury, with, indeed, this beautiful thread of fine, lacy tannins of a graphite, smoky spice, earthy ilk...read more 

Mike Bennie, The Wine Front "Darker cherry, plummy fruit character with big dashes of white pepper, green-herbal stemmy notes, undergrowth and woody spices...read more

95 Points - Wine Spectator "Rich and supple, brimming with complex coffee, tobacco and dusky spice-accented ripe blueberry, dark plum and sloe flavours."