Full-bodied, with soft tannins and plenty of oak, this easy-to-drink Shiraz fits perfectly in the Wolf Blass idiom of accessibility. Caramel and dark plum flavors add hints of vanilla and toast, finishing long. A perfect steakhouse choice when you want to keep the wine tab reasonable.——J.C.(11/15/2007)—— 88

A solid Shiraz, Wolf Blass’s Presidents Selection offers refined scents of pencil shavings, black currants and caramel. It’s a wine with admirable purity of flavor, the blackberry and cassis fruit cleanly framed by vanilla-laden oak. Picks up a slightly brambly, briary edge on the finish. Drink now–2012. ——J.C.(2/1/2007)—— 89