Deep garnet with a purple rim, the 2012 Shiraz Johann Georg gives a wonderfully perfumed nose of exotic spices - cumin seeds, star anise and Chinese five spice - over a core of warm blueberries and blackberries plus a hint of cedar. Full-bodied yet with great freshness and not at all heavy, the palate offers layers of baked berry and spicy flavors supported by velvety tannins and finishing with superb depth and poise. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown

A complex, multi-dimensional, old-vine (1875 plantings), single-vineyard Greenock shiraz that has a lot to offer. A young wine with very rich fruit that has an innate sense of balance to it. Very smooth, even and tarry. The oak has a gently smoky, sweet-spiced influence and the fruit is ripe and bright. Smells of blackberries, cassis, mulberries and dark-chocolate-coated citrus. The palate has assertive drive and punch, the tannins shine glossily – delivering sheet-like layering – and dark-fruit flavors saturate every corner of the palate. They've got every ounce of flavor out of this wine. Drink in 2020.