About this Wine: fashioned by winemaker Kim Johnston from vineyards owned by the Longbottom family

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky purple. Powerful blackberry and cassis aromas are complicated by suggestions of smoked meat, licorice and violet. Deeply concentrated, spice-accented cherry and dark be...

Wine Spectator: Assertive, offering a vivid mix of dried berry, sage, gravel and cedar, with notable balance and weight. Easy-drinking and fun. Drink now through 2019. -JL

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Syrah caresses the palate with generous blueberries, blackberries and French oak. There isn't much varietal character or nuance here, instead the wine impresses for i...

Wine Spectator: Fresh and vibrant, this delivers a lively mouthful of dark cherry, mocha and bay leaf flavors that linger on the firm finish. Best after 2013. Tasted twice, with consistent no...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Spicy cherry and blackberry aromas, with an energetic floral note adding complexity and tangy mineral providing lift. Silky and sweet, with sappy berry liqueur an...

Wine Spectator: Ripe and round, a polished mouthful of cherry, spice and licorice flavors. This hums through the supple finish. Drink now through 2014. -HS

James Halliday: This wine is a true medium-bodied Barossa shiraz, with red fruits, fruitcake spice and a trail of warmth that is typical of the region; fresh focused, and holds its 14.5% alc ...

Wine Spectator: Dense and dark in color, with lots of intense flavor but still in proportion, offering blackberry, black cherry and a distinctive twang of floral peach from the Viognier, fini...

Wine Spectator: Crisp and vibrant. A juicy mouthful of blueberry and plum flavors, with a black pepper note and a pleasing minerality to the finish that give this distinction. Best from 2009 ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Vivid ruby. Fresh raspberry and cherry aromas are complemented by spices and flowers, picking up a peppery quality with air. Nervy, focused and spicy, offering bright red be...

Wine Spectator: Straddling the line between road tar, spice and dried berry fruit, this is an intense, tight and concentrated red, full-bodied and dense. A young, compact wine that has a firm...

Wine Enthusiast: This wine seems to get better each year. The 2007 is potent and minty on the nose, with big fruit and pastry accents. After it settles it delivers rich, deep, dark flavors wit...

Wine Spectator: Well-focused and harmonious, not as big as 1989 and '90, showing black cherry, licorice and pepper notes in a lean, firm style. Drinkable now, but better in 1997.--Guigal Côte...

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...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Deep ruby. Ripe red and dark berries on the nose, with hints of cherry syrup, licorice and black pepper adding complexity. Broad, fleshy and soft, with creamy dark plum, red...

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.

Wine Spectator: Pleasantly rustic, with a range of crushed rock, loamy earth, dried berry, sage and dried herb flavors, all well-proportioned and ending with a tight, tapered finish. Drink no...

Wine Spectator: Nicely plush for the vintage, with tangy iron and white pepper notes melded into the damson plum and black cherry fruit. There's a lingering perfume on the finish. Drink now t...