Slightly more noble and potentially more complex than the Thiele Road is the 2003 Shiraz Nitschke Block (from a 37-year-old vineyard). Aged in neutral French oak for 17 months, it is an intense, opaque blue/purple-hued Shiraz displaying a fabulous nose of blueberries, melted tar, creme de cassis, graphite, and white flowers. With a fabulous, full-bodied, layered mouthfeel, an inky richness and concentration, good underlying acidity, silky tannin, and tremendous purity as well as equilibrium, it should last for 10-15 years.Importer: Kysela Pere et Fils, Winchester, VA; tel (540) 722-9228