Too rare and limited to even mention

We often find small lots of very special wines, often only available in select stores.* While they leave us as quickly as they come, there's always something tasty coming through.

Here's what we have for you this month:

Rusden Shiraz Black Guts 2004
"Rusden's flagship is the 2004 Shiraz 'Black Guts,' sourced from a vineyard planted in 1959. It was aged for 30 months in barrel, 10% new American, 25% new French, with the balance used French. Purple-colored (but not as saturated as many of its Barossa peers), it delivers a stunning perfume of mineral, gunpowder, roasted meat, blueberry, and chocolate. This is followed by a full-bodied, velvety-textured Shiraz with gobs of layered fruit, terrific intensity and balance, and a very long finish. It will develop for 6-8 years and drink well through 2025."
-Robert Parker
Rating: 97pts.

Greenock Creek Alice's Shiraz 2005
This shiraz heralds from Australia and has been in production for nearly thirty years. Greenock Creek Wines is situated at Seppeltsfield in the rolling hills between the hamlets of Greenock and Marananga, on the western edge of the Barossa Valley. Only 2500 cases are produced per year, as a result of these wines being fashioned from old, low-yielding vineyards. Nevertheless, they have gained quite a reputation. The winery's first release was in 1988. In 2004 Wine Advocate gave Greenock Creek 98 points, and the year before that, 97 points.