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2005 Tait Wines The Ball Buster Barossa Valley
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2005 Tait Wines The Ball Buster Barossa Valley

Producer: Tait Wines
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Syrah/Shiraz
Origin: Australia
Region: Barossa Valley

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86 Points | Wine Spectator
92 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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07/02/2008
by E_Rosenberg
Just read the back of the label - full bodied, high octane,fruit bomb! Good drinking wine, not particularly sophisticated.
fun
06/18/2007
by barker11661859
I'm no expert, but this is a fun wne and pretty damned good, plus a real value.
Fruit Bomb
05/17/2007
by jmcg
This is a big, fruit-driven Shiraz. It has a beautiful rich perfume of blackberries, plums and chocolet. It want down easy, couldn't even notice the higher alcohol content. My wife and I, as well as our friends, loved it. We are looking for more.

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Syrah

While the grape is currently grown throughout the world, the most elegant Syrahs still come from the Northern Rhone valley, particularly the appellations of Côte Rôtie, Cornas, and Hermitage. Here, steep, terraced vineyards help produce full-bodied, intense, tannic wines loaded with white pepper and red fruit. In the vineyard, Syrah is largely cooperative- vines are productive, but not overly vigorous. Skins are thick, helping the grape...
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