The 1996 Shiraz Rayner Vineyard offers a stunning nose of jammy blackberries, licorice, pepper, and toast. It is exceptionally full-bodied, with massive levels of glycerin and extract, yet cleverly well-balanced without any sense of heaviness or flabbiness. This opulently-textured, unctuous Shiraz can be drunk now or cellared for two decades. Imported by The Australian Premium Wine Collection, John Larchet, USA Wine West LLC, San Rafael, CA; tel. (800)-485-5753 and Chicago Brands, Chicago, IL; tel. (312) 466-9300.