Anderson, Basket Press Shiraz 2001, Rutherglen ($27)

Sometimes you just know, don't you? Standing in Melbourne's Federation Square Region Wine Showcase and eying that decanter from Anderson's stand. One whiff is all it took. I bought. One sniff of that purest plum and blackberry bouquet and you know this is a winner. One taste and the concentrated flavours rip down the palate and just stay there - the concentration, the tannin gripping. You surrender because there was nothing else you wanted to do. Even if you had another option you still would take this one as the wine Sirens beckon you A lovely, lovely wine.