The compelling 2004 Indigene (64% Mourvedre and 36% Shiraz) boasts an inky/purple hue in addition to a fruit cocktail-scented perfume of blue, red, and black fruits intermixed with spice and incense. A wine of great intensity, purity, richness, and full-bodied texture, it will last for 7-8 years. Importer: Fran Kysela, Kysela Pere et Fils, Winchester, VA; tel. (540) 722-9228

(64% mataro and 36% old-vines shiraz) Dense ruby. Explosive bouquet of spiced cherry, plum, blackberry, creme de cassis, roasted coffee and cured meat. Mouthfilling, dense and verging on sweet, but with impressive structure and youthful tannins. Sexy oak spices add sweetness to the finish. A deeply concentrated, weighty wine that's wound-up right now and needs at least three years of cellaring.