The 1998 Shiraz is spectacular. This is a fabulous value. $26.00 does not buy much in the 90-point range these days, and this wine delivers explosive levels of glycerin, and concentrated blackberry and cherry fruit in a sweet, beautifully seamless, ostentatious style of Shiraz, with nicely integrated wood and a huge blockbuster finish. This is teeth-staining, mouth-coating Shiraz, the likes of which can be made nowhere else in the world but from old vines in Barossa. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.Imported by The Australian Premium Wine Collection, John Larchet, USA Wine West, LLC, San Rafael, CA; phone: (800)-485-5753 and Chicago Brands, Chicago, IL; tel. (312) 466-9300.

Smooth in texture, rich in flavor, with beautifully focused red berry, plum and spice flavors that swirl nicely through the generous finish. Flavors linger appealingly amid fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2007. 3,000 cases made, 1,150 cases imported.??–HS??Region: Australia / Barossa Select to Add