Much like the 2015 Rifle Range Cabernet, the 2014 Basket Press Shiraz is approachable now, but consumers can expect at least a decade of aging potential. Vanilla and herbal notes accent black cherry fruit and some brighter pie-cherry nuances. It's full-bodied, with softly dusty tannins and a silky feel to the long finish.

The 2008 Basket Press Shiraz comes from a vintage noted for a brutal heat wave during the harvest, yet it shows no raisining or dried fruit. It's still rich and full-bodied, with super ripe blackberry flavors and a bit of jamminess, then finishes dry and tannic. That dry edge will always be there, so there's no reason to defer gratification but also no rush to drink up.

Deep garnet in color, the 2006 Basket Press offers a very earthy nose to begin with underlying notes of espresso, raw meat, pencil lead, nuts, mulberries and kirsch plus an emerging hint of blackberry preserves. Medium bodied, elegantly fruited and firmly structured in the mouth, it has a medium to firm level of chewy tannins and crisp acid supporting the concentrated, muscular fruit, finishing long with a pleasant hint of dried herbs. Delicious now, it should cellar to 2022+. Importer: No Known American Importer