A knock-out red the 2000 Shiraz Mt. Edelstone reveals a brooding purple color great intensity and tremendous power yet overall there is a sense of restraint as well as admirable purity of character. No wimpish effort it is a layered Shiraz that builds incrementally across the palate offering expansive blackberry earthy peppery notes with smoke and wood in the background. This cuvee produced from an 86-year old vineyard in the northern sector of Eden Valley will be even better with 2-3 more years of bottle age; it will last for 12-15 years.