pure and chiseled flavors terminate in a youthfully austere

this is a nobly rich

21 ha parcel of 100+ year old vines in Quartier des Marei Haut)

A slightly more refined nose speaks of red berry fruit that is liberally laced with notes of cassis and blue berry while introducing rich and even more elegant medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a firm

(from Les Grands Champs and Les Famines)

Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions_australia pure and chiseled flavors terminateThe prodigious 1998 Shiraz Mourvedre Black Sock (80% Shiraz and 20% Mourvedre from 60 100 year old vines) is a blockbuster. Aged for a whopping 30 months in American wood, this opaque purple colored wine offers an almost essence of blackberry and cherry fruit intermixed with earth, leather, charcoal, and new wood. The wine is full bodied, spectacularly concentrated, with multiple levels to its mid palate, and a whoppingly powerful, rich finish. I was