Deep garnet colored with a purple rim, the 2008 Shiraz has moderate to intense notes of spiced blueberry pie filling, dried mulberries and mint over tree bark and lavender aromas. Full bodied with a firm structure of crisp acid, tight-knit, grainy tannins and plenty of ripe berry fruit, it finishes long with lingering choco-mint notes. Delicious now, it should cellar nicely to 2016+. Part of the Yabby Lake group and made by the very talented winemaker Tom Carson, Heathcote Estate produced a great line-up of Shirazes in 2008.Importer: Yabby Lake Vineyard Inc., Lafayette, CA; Tel: (925) 962-9229