Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Lurid purple. Boysenberry, blueberry, Asian spices and a hint of sandalwood on the flamboyant nose. Intensely flavored and rich, with lush dark berry preserve and fruitcake ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The prodigious 200-case lot of 1999 Shiraz Creek Block (made from 63-year old vines) is aged in new and old French oak. The aromas of creme de cassis, new saddle leather, vani...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. Dark berries and cherry-cola on the pungent, floral-accented nose and in the mouth. Shows very good depth and firm structure, picking up spiciness with air. Ch...

Wine Front: This 2007 St Henri Shiraz is made using grapes grown in so many different wine regions that there are almost too many to mention, but (deep breath) here goes: Robe, McLaren Va...

Wine Spectator: Crisp in texture, with peppery flavors and crunchy tannins around a core of dark berry and licorice flavors. Finishes with intensity. Best after 2015. -H.S.

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid ruby. Pungent, textbook syrah aromas of dark berry preserves, olive tapenade, violets and anise, with a smoky overtone. Sappy and precise, offering chewy black raspberr...

Wine Spectator: An open-throttle Syrah that's pure, rich and powerful, with a potent mix of dense plum, blackberry, blueberry and dried herb holding a tight focus and gaining depth through th...

About this Wine: As I have written many times, all of these wines are produced from rigidly cultivated, bio-dynamically managed vineyards. That has been the rule since Michel Chapoutier fi...

About this Wine: As I have written many times, all of these wines are produced from rigidly cultivated, bio-dynamically managed vineyards. That has been the rule since Michel Chapoutier fi...

Wine Spectator: Very enticing, with roasted herb, olive and spice notes flittering in front of darker pastis, blackberry paste and briar notes. The long, grippy finish is iron-driven, with a ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Potent aromas of dark berries and cherry, with a strong mineral element and notes of licorice and black tea. In a brooding style, with intense, mineral-accented b...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Saturated ruby. Aromas of cassis, cherry compote, black olive and mocha, with a spicy topnote. Sappy and expansive, offering intense dark berry preserve flavors lifted and ...

Wine Spectator: Rich and nicely toasty, with lots of baker's chocolate and espresso notes, but also ample flesh, joined by succulent layers of blackberry, plum and fig fruit as well. The long...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Pungent, smoke-accented aromas of cassis, boysenberry, cola, incense and violet, with a hint of cracked pepper adding lift. Densely packed dark berry flavors show...

Wine Spectator: Offers freshness, purity and depth in a sleek package, with rose petal accents to the ripe blackberry, dark plum and brioche aromas and flavors. Lingers with deftness on the f...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The single-vineyard 2008 Cortona Syrah Migliara fleshes out beautifully in the glass with layers of dark red fruit that fill out the wine's broad shouldered frame nicely. The ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Opaque ruby. A pungent, exotically perfumed bouquet displays blackcurrant, anise and smoky Indian spices, along with a sexy floral overtone. Sappy, penetrating dark berry flav...

Wine Spectator: Focused, juicy and effusive with its notes of black cherry, roasted red pepper and savory spice, this isn't a heavy wine, but it's persistent as the finish extends. Best from ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2003 Shiraz Oracle may be even better than the 2002. Treated identically to the 2002, but even more powerful, dense, and long, with slightly higher alcohol, this monster e...