This appealing and affordable Aussie red is bright and jazzy in style, emphasizing tasty mulberry and cherry flavors on a firm frame, finishing with fine-grained tannins. Lively enough to gain with some cellaring. Grenache and Shiraz. Drink now through 2004. 10,000 cases imported.??–HS??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add

On the lighter side, with pretty berry and dried orange peel aromas, hinting at pepper and vanilla on the smooth finish. Grenache and Shiraz. Drink now.??–HS??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add

The medium ruby-colored 1997 Red Ochre (a blend of 88% Grenache and 12% Syrah) exhibits a distinctive nose of pepper, kirsch liqueur, and spice, followed by berry/cherry fruit with good ripeness, and spicy, soft, medium-bodied flavors. It should be drunk over the next 1-2 years.This wine is a very good value.Importer: Old Bridge Cellars (Rob McDonald), San Francisco, CA; tel. (415) 863-9463

Lithe, supple and generous in style, with appetizing notes of spicy, sage-scented black cherry and plum, this is packed with flavor, yet reined-in enough to qualify as charming. Grenache and Shiraz. Drink now through 2001. 3,000 cases imported.??–HS??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add