The 1998 Shiraz Block 3 is a spectacularly full-bodied, black/purple-colored effort with notes of pepper, smoky licorice candy, cassis, blackberries, and earth. It possesses terrific fruit, massive body, sweet tannin, and nicely integrated alcohol as well as wood. At $25.00, this is one of the great wine bargains in the marketplace today. Moreover, there are 2,500 cases available.It can drink well for another 10-15 years. Readers punch-drunk from some of the excessively high prices for New World wines should definitely check out Scarpantoni.Importer: Dan Philips, The Grateful Palate, Oxnard, CA; tel. (888) 472-5283