Had fondly remembered the Schild 2010 Shiraz bottling and swung through to give this Australian Rhone-styled blend a go. Tasted both on day 1 and 2, and initially it offered a decent whiff of funk. this ended up blowing off mostly by the second day, allowing the fruit to shine better, though. The nose, at that point, finally popped with baked boysenberries, and blueberries and sour red cherries spiced up with black peppercorns and tarragon.The palate shows an interesting mix of pressed blueberries and meat-rub spices. The juiciness showed more attractively when the funk had subsided although the heat on the wine stayed slightly imbalanced and heavy. There’s an appeal here, but it seemed stuck a bit. 87+ pts.