The expressive 2004 Shiraz Samantha’s Garden offers a dark ruby/purple color and a beautiful, sweet nose of black raspberries, black currants, licorice, smoke, and toast. Full-bodied, rich, and heady, this gorgeous Shiraz should drink well for a decade. Importer: Paterno Imports, Lake Bluff, IL; tel. (847) 604-8900

Bright and upright, a rather austere style of Shiraz that has layers of plum and slightly unripe blueberry fruit, focused and long, playing against refined tannins and racy acidity. Needs time to pull itself together. Best from 2008 through 2015. 500 cases imported.??–HS??Region: Australia / Clare Valley Select to Add

Deep, saturated red. Explosive raspberry and ripe strawberry on the captivating nose, with bright mineral tones providing lift and precision. Utterly pure, vivid and sweet, the unadorned red berry tones showing great precision and energy. "With Clare Valley fruit, you don't head down the oak route," says Twelftree, and this example certainly makes his case. Silky in texture, with a raspberry flavor that expands endlessly on the finish, picking up a note of floral pastille. A gorgeously graceful, pure wine in a strikingly elegant package. The structure and balance here suggest that cellaring will be rewarded, but it's ridiculously delicious now.