Plush round and superbly focused. A lavish wine that doesn't spread itself out too much keeping the plum currant and dusky spice flavors heading in the same direction. Hints at coffee and loamy earth as the finish rolls on and on. Best from 2009 through 2020. 165 cases made. –HS

90+ I don’t understand the price of the 2004 Shiraz Invictus, which comes from 30- to 50-year-old Barossa Valley vines and is aged three years in old American oak. While certainly outstanding, it plays it closer to the vest than its siblings, with the exception of the Kangaroo Island offering. There are loads of tannin as well as fruit, but why the outrageously high price? - Robert M. Parker, Jr.