Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions which follow through to a

which follow through to a full body

The warmth of the vintage is felt in the wine’s contours and early appeal

This youthfully austere effort is classic Rugiens and as such will need at least a decade of patience and probably more like 12 to 15 years of it

Not that long

This offers concentrated peach and apple aromas and flavors

Magpie Estate, Blacksock other_regions which follow through to aThe 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