This deep plum/purple-tinged 100% Shiraz explodes from the glass offering scents of vanilla, minty blackberries, figs, plums, and meat. Huge in the mouth, but essentially closed at present, this is an enormously endowed effort with sensational concentration. It requires 2-3 years of bottle age, and should keep for an uncommonly long time ... 15 or more years. For connoisseurs.Importer: Jane Delaney, The Ravensvale Group, Greenwich, CT; tel. (800) 580-0052

(South Australia) Earth, meat, blackberry, currant, peppercorn, liquorice and wood spice bouquet. Luscious, lingering ripe flavours with good fruit texture and a perky vibrancy.