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Tastingnote vom Oktober 2022 für den Standish The Schubert Theorem 2020: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 and gorgeous. Leave this for years ahead if you can keep your hands off it. Better after 2025.
Erin Larkin bewertet für den Wine Advocate (May 2022):The 2020 The Schubert Theorem Shiraz was made with fruit from the Roennfeldt Road vineyard in Marananga, with 70% whole bunches in the ferment. This is the only cuvée in the collection that sees any inclusion of a different maturation vessel: the northeastern corner of the vineyard goes into concrete, because it retains the pure blue fruit characters that so define the wine. When one considers the dirt that is in this vineyard (and I ask you, without dirt, just where would we all be?), when one sees its black, shaley sparkle, one can get a sense of what to expect in the wine. It is always the black, brooding beast of the pack, but there is always—and I repeat, ALWAYS—a core of very pure fruit at its heart. This year is no different, and it is encased in fine but structuring tannin. It soars long across the palate, and yet within it, this wine is elegant and pliable. If the Lamella is the intriguing, pretty wine, and The Standish is the savory powerhouse, then The Relic is the iron fist–velvet glove... which makes this the enigma. I cannot overstate how attracted I am to the prowling, slinking nature of it. The tannins here—of all the wines—have a blueberry skin gravel to them; they are chalky and fine and a little bit gritty… excellent. This is a sensation, in every respect. A hot contender for best wine in the release this year.
100% Shiraz - Sourced from various sections of the Schubert Vineyard - Roennfeldt Road. Marananga. Planted on own roots between 1994 & 1999 (12ft x 8ft spacing). The soils are deep red/brown earths with eroded protrusions of crystalline quartz - ranging between 272-296m above sea level.
The Schubert Theorem lies within a branch of mathematics known as 'knot theory'. It states that any knot can be uniquely decomposed as the connected sum of prime knots. Aptly named. this wine deconstructs the Schubert family vineyard into its distinct sections. taking the finest elements of each. re-assembling to connect and enhance their strengths.
If this isn't some of the sexiest packaging in the known wine universe I don't know what is. Black embossed 'theorem' notations sit on a shiny black label. The back label a bare minimum of information and a punt deeper than a black hole. I feel fancy holding it. Cue the Gregorian chants.
Standish's wines are from the classic 'no-compromise' school of winemaking with infinitesimal attention to detail yet a fluid sense of vins de terroir. This bad boy is sourced from the Schubert Vineyard in Marananga. and set on deep reddy-brown earth with quartz jutting out of it. The Schubert Theorem. by-the-by. 'lies within the branch of mathematics known as 'knot theory". for those that are concerned.
A billowy entree to the wine – very dark berry fruit with faint game character. a slap of brambles. dry earth and lifted sweet spice of cloves and cinnamon. Deeply complex aromatics that preclude the layered. densely packed palate. Liquid minerality runs as a vein through the wine while Alpine herbs take care of its boundaries. Sleek cedar and nougat brings a touch of sweetness. there is some blood sausage/game character. but the lithe feel of the wine is brought alive with the bright. briary red and black forest fruits. Cool. almost refreshing. with an irrepressible presence and the underlying muscle and tension of a marathon runner. Will go the distance but superb now too.
Mike Bennie - The Wine Front
