Shiraz / Syrah

Delivery expected January 2024

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. 

Delivery expected January 2024

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. 

98+ Points - Stuart McCloskey “The layers of fruit amazes – they’re wonderfully expressive, yet it’s the lightness of touch that fascinates and astounds the most. The freshness is perfection personified – The inaugural release is magnificent...read more

98++ Points – Stuart McCloskey “Time in the glass / decanter shows off the wine’s pedigree. Incredible wine and difficult to find fault. This really does deserve 99 points, who am I kidding?…read more

96+ - 97 Points - Stuart McCloskey “In short, and with my limited Aussie sparkling Shiraz experience, this is by far my favourite – In fact, this is very good indeed... this is downright delicious, fun, fruity, frothy and exuberant...read more

98 Points - Stuart McCloskey “I love the colour – midnight aubergine if I were designing a colour for Farrow & Ball. The bouquet has obvious similarities to my first note. The brooding character is unquestionably the charm...read more

97+ - 98 Points - Stuart McCloskey “I am not persuaded by my opening sentence, “And now to the most structured of the trio” - this is particularly evident when you dive straight in. The bouquet is intense with...read more

98 Points - Stuart McCloskey “The 2019 blend is comprised of 50% Mataro, 35% Shiraz and 15% Grenache. The bouquet is a colossal, brooding skyscraper which needs coaxing with aeration (I suggest decanting for 6-8 hours)...read more

98 Points - Stuart McCloskey “Pure and simple, this is an outstanding wine with so much personality (and an individual one at that). A special wine crafted with intelligence and gentle hands. Outstanding, in a word...read more

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

99 Points - James Suckling  “A pretty sensational wine with blackberry, grilled meat, dark chocolate, and licorice. Full-bodied and layered with righteous deep and poised tannins that coat the mouth. It goes on for minutes...read more

98 Points - 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.”

99 Points - Stuart McCloskey “I feel an emotional charge each time I open and sample any wine from Standish. That’s a rare quality. The bouquet is a beautiful symphony which gently weaves its way through Autumnal notes, blood, rusty iron, violets and graphite..read more

Sam Kim, Wine Orbit “This is impressively fruited and lifted, showing blackberry, sweet plum, cedar, tapenade and dark cocoa aromas on the nose, followed by a richly textured palate offering succulent fruit intensity with expansive mouthfeel...read more

James Halliday "A paucity of information accompanying the Massena wines but here fruit sourced from vineyards in Greenock, Stone Well and Vine Vale, some whole bunches, some extended skin contact and basket-pressed to used French barriques and puncheons...read more

Winemaker Notes Mataro from dry grown vines on the rose quartz soils of our Dadd’s Block is fermented with 30% whole cluster inclusion and blended with other parcels of Mataro from Light Pass and Greenock. We then add some old bush vine Grenache from the Barossa foothills...read more

Jaysen Collins “I cut my winemaking teeth in the heavy red soils of the north west of the Barossa, where Greenock is the jewel of the crown in my opinion. My winery is here, the pub does a good burger and by chance there’s some pretty good shiraz...read more

Jaysen Collins “Grenache and friends work well together - I’ll just pick them within a few days of each other, chuck it all in one fermenter and let the ferment rock it in its own way...read more

Jaysen Collins “The fruit from this section of the vineyard is aromatic and bright, without the cloying sweetness that some Shiraz and Zinfandels can have!...read more

96 Points - Stuart McCloskey “The bouquet is a tad reductive and needs time to develop. Once sufficiently aerated, wild strawberry, raspberry and wild hedgerow fruits mingle with spice, cinnamon, a whiff of cardamon, liquorice and dried herbs...read more

Winemaking: Matured in seasoned oak casks on lees for 15 months, we then go through the cellar and pick out the spicier and more fragrant parcels to blend with some aromatic Mataro to give an early drinking, more savoury style of Barossa Shiraz...read more

Stuart McCloskey "There’s lovely shape and form to the wine – the tannins are slender and the acidity thoughtfully delivered. Juicy and delicious being two of the best attributes...read more

Stuart McCloskey "This is such a beautifully presented wine – pure, lustrous, polished and immensely satisfying – the length is heroic for a wine at this price point...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Another John’s Blend that struts with its own confidence and doesn’t give a sod about fashion... Dense, dark and sexy. One of those wines for which you buckle-up and get ready for the hedonistic ride… The fruit saturates the palate...read more