Wine Front: Lots of everything. Mint, bourboned oak, sage and dill, black fruit, licorice, some pepper. Full bodied, plenty of weight and scale, at 15.5 it holds its booze well - would no...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. Brooding, deep nose dominated by pepper and spice. Large-scaled but youthfully clenched, with a strong peppery quality complicated by flowers and dark chocola...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Deep garnet colored, the 2006 The Laird offers a multi-faceted nose of ripe black berries, blueberry preserves and kirsch aromas with an underlying perfume of baking spices, l...

Chuck Hayward: Intense aromas of black olive and concentrated blackberry present themselves in an understated manner. Pure and pristine, one can easily see the potential for further aromatic...

Wine Spectator: Big, rich and ripe, piling layers of flavor on one another, offering mineral-accented black cherry, blackberry, cola and spice flavors that soar through the long, vivid finish...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The flagship 2006 Shiraz Hanisch ups the ante considerably. Purple/black in color, it exhibits a brooding bouquet of toasty oak, smoke, leather, espresso, wild blueberry, and ...

Wine Spectator: Smooth and polished, delivering a plush mouthful of plum, blackberry and balsamic aromas and flavors that linger on the finish with a touch of coffee. Drink now through 2016. ...

About this Wine: 100% Syrah. Notes of bitter chocolate, blackberry, and lavender on the nose.  Flavors of licorice, graphite, and sweet fruit. Finishes with round tannins, dried flowers...

Wine Spectator: Really packed, but amazingly supple and velvety in texture, with layer upon layer of black mission fig, crushed plum, freshly brewed espresso, worn saddle leather and iron not...

Wine Spectator: Ripe, round and expressive. A complex range of flavors hang easily on a sleek frame, with cherry, boysenberry, roasted red pepper and savory accents that play themselves out h...

About this Wine: "Planted in the early 1930's, the vineyard is about 70 years old. This vineyard is planted with the old clones of Syrah (low yielding) on their own roots, dry grown and yields...

Wine Spectator: Rock-solid, with a great core of dark plum and fig fruit woven with incense, Turkish coffee, melted licorice and mineral notes. The long finish lets the mouthwatering acidity ...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The profound 2005 Shiraz John Zilm was aged in new French and used American oak for 16 months. With an inky/blue/purple color, plenty of purity, richness, and depth as well as...

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: Inky violet. Lush and inviting, with ripe boysenberry and blackberry aromas and a bright mineral overlay. Broad and fleshy, with deep dark fruit flavors, soft tannins and a su...

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: Gorgeous stuff, it practically radiates a range of aromas and flavors, balancing its ripe cherry, blackberry and plum fruit with hints of minerals and sweet spices that make t...

About this Wine: "Produced from yields of 1.2 tons of fruit per acre, the 2001 Shiraz Octavius spent 20 months in both French and American oak."

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...