The Grant Burge red lineup starts with the 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon “Shadrach”. Sixty percent of the fruit was sourced from Coonawarra with the balance from Barossa and Adelaide Hills. Inky purple, it spent 20 months in seasoned French oak and 3 years in bottle prior to release. It gives up an alluring nose of cedar, spice box, red currants, and black currants along with a hint of mint. Layered, ripe, and sweet on the palate, it is drinkable now and will continue to provide pleasure through 2015. Grant Burge and Burge Family Winemakers have a familial but not philosophical connection. One is big, the other an artisanal, hands-on operation. Not that big is bad as this Grant Burge lineup demonstrated.Importer: Wilson-Daniels, Helena, CA; www.grantburgewines.com.au

No Shadrach was bottled in 2002 or 2003, so this is the last vintage until the terrific 2004. Blending fruit from Coonawarra, Barossa and the Adelaide Hills, it is a lovely, Bordeaux-styled wine, rather lean and stylish, with plenty of structure to go with its hints of mint, cedar and cassis. Drink now–2015.——J.C.(2/1/2008)—— 90