Great video @erinlarken :) Can you explain whole bunches and what is this in comparison to? Why do wine maker's choose bunches vs other options? And how does this contribute to the final product (nose and palette). Thanks!

Great video! I always have a question about decanting. If I do not have a decanter but I need the wine to be decanted fast, regardless of elegance and convention, can I just push back the cork/cap and have a big shake? 😂 I wonder if it might technically help to oxidise the wine thoroughly?

Terrific comantry, at last compentant, E xperienced, confident wine evaluaters , no nonence, no bull, what a releif so enjoyable to listen to. With sutch great volcabulary and enthusiasm I could almost tast the wines whilst watching , thank you both. My first encounter, but will now seek you out.

Top class wine communication Erin! Thanks so much.

Wendouree is the best value wine in this country....nothing compares to it

Great video as always. Your coverage of Standish annually has always been a highlight. Will advocate for the “video after release” camp. Allocations are tight enough! Even if I have the ability to buy a case or more of my favourite I’d rather not compete :)

I love your passion Erin! You’ve just earned the wine advocate a new subscriber. Keep making these videos please!

Absolutely delightful! Sublime as always, Giaconda is exceptional. How would you compare the wines from Giaconda and Savaterre? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

when I was drinking Kumeu River in the 80s (I went to school with Mate's son), they were doing malolactic. You didn't mention that. Are they no longer making buttery chardonnays?

Standish 2022 the Standish 50% whole bunch, cooler year, Greenock subregion of the Barossa, red not dark earth (Maranaga). Greenock Creek wines may have some recognition overseas? I see Marananga as offering power and rich wines, Greenock I see generally as being more about fruit, but this wine goes in the complete other direction. This wine is more about spices and mineral ores. My bitter soul gravitates to this wine of the four wines tonight (Standish 2022 The Relic, Clonal killer 2022 O'Riada, Frankland Estate 2020 Isolation Ridge Syrahare the others). For a start, I love cumin and fennel seed and these are strong notes on the nose and palate. Black pepper and Ancho Chili - that warm, spice and earth. There's some blood orange and ripe raspberry and some plum and a whole lot of charcuterie and smoke. Clearly worth an 'Outstanding' rating - (Uriah) heaps of intensity and length - Neil Young's 'Cortez the Killer'. Mouth coating and dense and chewy. Complex. Some bitter tannins. But is this wine in all its parts equal to Neil Young's 'Cortez the Killer', or the even better 'Danger Bird'? Maybe. You have to be good with the style. This is mouth coating stuff. It is not Barossa fruit jam, but I am not sure that I don't find the weight oppressive: And like those memories the rain keeps pounding down, down, down.

Oh dear!

I'm in love

Wine is of course subjective and yet there is room for a difference of palate between Mr & Mrs Public and well educated professionals. Erin is one of the best assessors of wine I've ever seen. Complex yet clearly understandable and relatable descriptions. Though I'm curious why these magnificent Chardonnays are still deemed 'less than' the leading Grand Crus offerings?

Erin, I'm so glad to have discovered this channel. Over the last couple of years I've gone head first into wine and some of my favorite bottles have been Barossa and Clare Valley reds. I have a 2021 Clonakilla shiraz/viognier and I'm intrigued by your comments (here and in your RP notes) on its evolution and increased complexity over the course of a week. I don't want to wait 10 years to drink it. Should I open it a day or two before drinking? Or decant for multiple hours beforehand? What do you recommend? Thanks

The Plumm seem like great value. I haven’t handled one though.

I've got a bottle of the 2021. I've never tasted Clonakilla before. I wasn't sure how long to keep it, as I heard it was a difficult vintage. I'll open it in 2033; see what happens.

Wendouree is impossible to get outside Australia. So sad.

"Scratched citrus" ?? Please elaborate that term if you care to.

Question whether if you were drinking for yourself you'd be drinking the Chardonnay straight out of the bottle? Also, would the tasting and your comments be different if the wine had breathed a little. Thanks!

Great review as always Erin. I know their Chardy is the top echelon of Aussie Chardy’s.. but your descriptors had me dying to taste a glass so is there anything from WA that you would say compares stylistically to this that I could access?

Your review of these wines are charming but over descriptive, reminding me of the first few weeks into a new personal relationship. It would be refreshing for wine critics to discuss less favourable aspects of a wine as to why they might warrant a lower score. Just a balanced view.

Geez Erin, don't suppose you live anywhere near Como... my wife and I would love to help you get rid of those pesky bottles! Love your channel!

Giaconda charddy is excellent, and their Pinot very good. Had a 2018 giaconda Nebbiolo last week and it was earthy-cherry-chocolate, and pretty good but not my taste - could appreciate it but ours went in a very nice stew.

Hello Erin… many thanks for the time effort to prepare this (again) hi quality, entertaining video. If you have a moment would appreciate a clarification on your enjoyment of REDUCTIVE NOTES on the Rossanne and Chardonnay. (Here in US ???) that typically connotes: rotten egg, burnt matches/rubber, and/or garlic, onion. Is that what you meant… and liked?

Great review. Well done. You keep it real and deliver like a genuine fan of wine, which makes it enjoyable and easy to understand. Bravo 👏

Great to see you up again, hope to see more of you in the future. Never even heard of Giaconda so will try to find a bottle or to. Would have liked more details on cellaring capabilities. Thanks for everything you do.

No Warner vineyard Shiraz? epic winemaker, in the past I've quietly bought wine where he's been the contract winemaker ( easier on the wallet) and his second wines which are very reasonable

love watching your tastings Erin , it allows me to buy wines i would not know about

Hi Erin thanks to you I have just bought several bottles of this 2022 vintage^^ please keep up the reviews on those outstandish wines

Great information, thanks Erin❤

Really want to try these after seeing this - the lower alcohol also gives me confidence that everything will be in balance here and nothing will be overdone.

This s $120 a bottle wine. Very serious wine.

I don’t think Singapore have cottoned on to the recent news. Got a case of Lamella 2022 for 130 a bottle today!

Great review Erin! Crossing my fingers you’ll review the 2023 vintage sacred sites!

Great work Erin. I always look forward to your Standish reviews each year. I particularly loved the way your were able to articulate your feelings towards the Lamella this year. You are a wordsmith! Great job. And on a side note, I have to add, that you know you've made it in life when you can review some of the best shiraz in the country comfortably in your pyjamas! That's awesome. Love it! 😀

Bit of trivia Erin but Mates is pronounced Mar Tays, a tip to the Brajkovich's dalmatian heritage. Love the videos.

Point up!

Thanks Erin, another awesome review.

Thanks Erin, Lamella just added to my basket ! :)

Like many, I bought these wines within minutes of getting the email from Dan. I have had such a wonderful experience with his wines that I will continue to do so. Immediately after ordering I went looking for your review on WA and also checked Halliday. I quite liked the fact that there was nothing there yet, I enjoy the sense of anticipation that creates. On a quality to price ratio, I think Standish is comfortably the #1 producer in the country. No one else does what he does at that price. I also think he is up there purely on the merits of what he produces. Loved the video, and how it supplements the notes, but next year let the people wait again.

I was at Henschke today (tasted 8, bought Euphonium) and drove back past Dan's. I find we all have different preferences. Mine leans towards Marananga but I once tasted a Langmeil Pure Eden that was the closest to perfection since Kym Jenke's reserve shiraz. I try to wait to around 8 years old. I've tried The Relic but must try Schubert's Theorem.

The little poppet is one of my fav whites. Do you get the jalapeno?

As promised this morning when i picked you up in the Uber i have watched the video and it has made me really want to taste these wines. Your insight and descriptions really bring out the best of these amazing wines. Thank you very much and i apologise for chatting so much so early this morning but enjoyed the verbal wine tasting lesson. hope your two events in Adelaide go well.

Just found your channel. Great content. (And you’re stunning).

Really love to watch your video Erin. I can always learn something from your video. From how the climate / weather affect the quality of the grapes, winemaking process and how to enjoy the wines which all these things not commonly mentioned in other reviews. Your willingness to share your experience via this channel is invaluable!

Love you palate...simply amazing. I have Lamella coming and really look forward to them now. Many thanks

Can't wait for my 22 Standish wines to arrive. I did enjoy a 1999 The Standish earlier this year. It was amazing but nearing the end of its life.

Thanks Erin, I have my order in the cellar, but now thinking up topping up further, at least to grab another bottle of two to try now. We are headed to Vegas later in the year for our wedding and am looking to take a few special bottles for the occasion. From the 2020 -2022 releases, what would you recommend taking ? Will probably also take some Rockford 2017 Basket Press.

thank you, for your video Erin .. you present, in such a genuine manner and you help us all, with your wonderful descriptions ps. i did giggle at your pronunciation of chinotto (kinotto?) glad you're back EL

So excited to see you made this video. Already have one of each pre-ordered, and very glad I took up the opportunity to do so.