Anamorphosis Shiraz 2005

Perhaps the greatest wine package ever.  The brilliant Hungarian artist Istvan Orosz mastered the art of anamorphosis, a style of optical distortion used by artists from the Renaissance to Salvador Dali.  We were able to turn the wine bottle into a mirror by manufacturing a metal sleeve.  Each bottle of wine comes with a poster. The poster shows a boy holding a glass of wine in a forest.  But, when the bottle is set in the center of the poster, the reflection in the bottle transforms from the poster into the image of the God of wine, Bacchus.  I don’t think I ever presented this wine without making a sale.  The wine is 100% Shiraz from a stunning old vine Northern Barossa vineyard from a superb vintage.  96-99 points from Robert Parker.  I've held the last six of these wines in my cellar for over ten years.  The bottle comes in a cloth sleeve inside and spectacular box.  The experience is more of a work of art than a bottle of wine.