The 2005 Blaufrankisch Schutzner Stein – blended once again with 15% Merlot – is silky, refined, and subtly oily in texture, loaded with ripe blackberry and mulberry, fruit wreathed in herbs and flowers and tinged with iodine. Pungent and invigorating, this clings with a deliciously complex amalgam of toasted nuts, peat, herbs and black fruit. Importer: Terry Theise Estate Selections, imported by Michael Skurnik Wines, Inc., Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300