Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The flagship offering, the 2002 Shiraz Old Bastard was fashioned from a vineyard planted in 1896, and was cropped at one ton of fruit per acre. It spent 22 months in French oa...

About this Wine: This wine is composed entirely of shiraz, harvested from the oldest, most revered vineyards in the Barossa Valley.  All parcels are vinified separately.  Fermentat...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: ($135; 100% mataro) Glass-staining ruby. Powerful scents of blackcurrant, dark cherry, olive tapenade and incense, with a musky herbal undertone. Broad, palate-staining dark b...

Wine Front: Full on. Flinty. Minerally. One hundred percent compelling. An outstanding example of what Giaconda does best: rich, penetrating fruit with funky, matchsticky, smouldering fir...

Wine Spectator: Tangy, focused, spicy and refreshing, with a line of acidity making the wine mouthwatering underneath flavors of lime, grapefruit and green apple. Tightly wound, this has the ...

Wine Spectator: Toasty, spicy and complex, this is polished to a gleam and redolent of ripe pear, pineapple, honey and butterscotch, finishing with just enough acidity to keep it refreshing a...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2008 Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon is a product of severe vineyard selection, with 75% of the fruit being left to hang that year as the heat-wave set-in. A blend of 89...

Wine Spectator: Polished, with a deft balance to the café au lait and currant flavors, coming together on the refined finish. This has depth and personality, and should develop even more with...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright purple. Brooding, mineral-driven aromas of blackcurrant, mulberry, cola and crushed rock, with a liqueur-like nuance. Supple, lush and sweet but with zesty acidity and ...

Wine Front: The overarching impression it gives you is one of balance. It's impeccable. Blue fruit, licorice, a little pepper and earth with a gentle charry sauciness. Oak is downplayed t...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The blockbuster 1998 Shiraz The Armagh exhibits a murky plum/garnet/purple color in addition to a big, sweet nose of black fr...

Wine Front: Made entirely with Barossa Valley shiraz, as always - and this year matured in 83 percent new French oak (the highest percentage of new oak in Penfolds RWT since the 1998). ...

Wine Spectator: This lithe, peppery red is appealing for its freshness, offering juicy plum and blackberry fruit.Finishes with a touch of dark chocolate, showing length and refinement.Shiraz....

Wine Spectator: This has great presence, offering a focused mouthful of ebullient flavors, ranging from blackberry and cherry to tar, wet pavement and licorice notes, all of it sailing over r...

Wine Spectator: A dark, brooding and dense wine, delivering dried cherry, carpaccio and spice flavors, which linger on the broad finish. Has layers and layers of depth, all balled up and wait...

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...

Wine & Spirits: A fresh and fragrant shiraz, this ranges from umami scents of black mushrooms and earthy roots to candied plum. Its dark fruit flavors have delicate persistence, the tannins h...

About this Wine: The Reserve represents the finest twenty barrels of red wine from the cellars of Yalumba and is made only in exceptional vintages. Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz from South Aus...