Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark purple. Dark berries and spices on the highly perfumed nose. Spicy and focused on entry, then rich and broad in the middle, offering sweet black and blue fruit flavors ...

Wine Spectator: Complex flavors of blackberry, wild berry, cedar, spice and chicory are full-bodied and focused, with a minerally edge turning to tar and ending with chewy, gripping tannins t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Dark purple. Aromas of cherry compote and cassis are brightened by a zesty mineral quality. Rich but lithe, offering gently sweet black raspberry and cherry flavors and a bi...

About this Wine: "This estate's most renowned offering is their old vine Shiraz (90+ year old vines) called The Dead Arm. The unfined/unfiltered 1999 The Dead Arm Shiraz (2,000 cases) was aged...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Very deep purple-black colored, the 2009 Autograph Shiraz is intensely scented of creme de cassis, black cherry preserves and dried plums with hints of fruit cake, baking spic...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. Reticent, mineral-accented aromas of cherry pit, cassis and violet, with an herbal topnote. Chewy and deeply pitched, offering an array of dark fruit flavors an...

Wine Spectator: Very stylish, with soft but persistent mouthfeel to the blackberry, pepper, tobacco and cocoa notes. Features lingering black tea and iron notes on the finish. Drink now throu...

About this Wine: "A very consistent vineyard, which always has very dark colour and black plum fruit with a gamey, leathery background. This has more to do with Cornas or Hermitage."

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby color. Powerfully scented bouquet of fresh dark berries, violet oil and cracked pepper. Juicy and pliant, with sweet cassis and blackberry flavors supported by dusty...

Wine Spectator: Supple, polished and expressive, offering mint and other frsh herb notes around a focused core of black cherry and dried fig. Intense without being weighty. drink now through ...

Wine Spectator: Presents a complex, intriguing beef stew mix, with plum and berry flavors, offering black licorice and hot brick nuances that add to the delight. Smooths out on a long, plush ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Blackberry, cherry-cola and violet on the highly perfumed nose. Sappy and concentrated but lively as well, offering intense dark berry flavors that are given spin...

About this Wine: Produced from 26-year old vines and aged in French oak (80% new)

Wine Spectator: This is mouthwatering, with dark currant, fig and black cherry fruit offset by a riveting chalky spine and a long, iron-filled finish. There's great balance between the flesh ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque purple. Smoky cassis and blueberry aromas are complicated by cracked pepper, violet and dusty minerals. Juicy and sweet, with dense dark fruit preserve flavors given ve...

Wine Spectator: This gushes with chocolate-covered cherry, plum and blackberry fruit, but never gets jammy thanks to racy acidity and plenty of tobacco, iron and tar flavors. Long, vibrant fi...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: ...aged in 100% new American oak and made from relatively young vines that are the same clone as the Shiraz planted in Block 6. The Hillside Shiraz is very much made in the sa...

Wine Spectator: Thick with black cherry and blackberry fruit, finishing with a touch of exotic spices. Has a bit more refinement than most big Shirazes. Drink now through 2008. 1,800 cases ma...

Wine Spectator: Big and rich, but with a throwback feel to the gutsy bramble, tobacco and mulled plum flavors, all pushed by additional dark olive and roasted fig notes. Good cut on the finis...

Wine Spectator: A lively, peppery, mineral-driven style, with a strong iron note run-ning through the core of crushed plum and blackberry. Features a lingering white pepper edge on the slight...