This is the new icon wine from Jacob’s Creek and it’s a ripper, as the Aussies might say. At a reasonable 14% alcohol, it’s full-bodied and lush enough to satisfy, yet restrained enough to maintain a solid sense of balance. Toasty, cinnamon-scented oak frames ripe fruit flavors of black cherries, finishing on a long, velvety note. Drink now–2015.——J.C.(5/1/2008)—— 92