This dark ruby/purple-colored wine offers up a big, earthy, peppery, sweet cassis-scented nose with attractive oak in the background. Tightly-knit, medium to full-bodied, moderately tannic, youthful, and exuberant, it possesses outstanding purity and balance. Give it 1-2 more years of cellaring to shed some of its tannin, and drink it over the following 10 years. Remarkably, the Shiraz vines utilized for this cuvee were planted in 1847! Importer: American Estates Wines, Summit, NJ; tel. (908) 273-5060