The 2009 GHR Shiraz spent 20 months aging in new and older French and American hogsheads. Deep garnet-purple colored, it displays aromas of warm blackberries and black cherries over nuances of olives, bacon, loam and black pepper plus faint whiffs of underbrush and cloves. Big, full bodied and rich in the mouth, it has a medium-firm level of rounded tannins, refreshing acidity and a long, earthy / savory finish. Drinking now, it should keep to 2018. Importer: Baum Wine Imports, Aurora, CO.

The 2007 GHR Shiraz spent 18 months in a mix of new and used French and American oak hogsheads. It offers the greatest aromatic complexity of this trio as well as more depth and richness. There is enough structure for 2-3 years of cellaring and it should deliver prime drinking from 2011 to 2019. Importer: Bluestone Wine Solutions, Carlsbad, CA; tel. (760) 729-4900