There are some delicious flavours here. Tastes of earth,smoke.leather, coffee, minerals, and yes spice from the Shiraz grape. These are substantial reds, ranging from rich to opulent fruit at heart. The  Shiraz beside been rich and softer, ages well it is complimented with other blends with the heat loving Grenache grape. You will be rewarded with a smell and flavour that may remind you of freshly ground black pepper plus plums and toffee.The Grenache grape is soft in texture,but when blends are further introduced such as Viognier and Mourvedre into the mix you can expect a serious range of complex flavours of apricots and spring flowers from the Viognier grape, add the Mourvede or if in Spain referred as Monastrell or in Australia it's called Mataro which there is quiet a lot, which makes this addition very interesting as a structured, robust, gamy wine.