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Monday, April 28, 2025

Tait the Border Crossing Shiraz


New 2022!
A great "bang for your buck" wine

Tait The Border Crossing Shiraz....$19.99
Shiraz from from McLaren Vale, Australia

It's a rich, plush Shiraz (called Syrah elsewhere), with Tait’s signature boldness.  It is full-bodied, jammy, and ripe, with lots of black fruits (blackberry, plum), chocolate, licorice, and a little vanilla from oak aging. It's a big 14.9% ABV — but balanced for fans of bigger, "New World" Shiraz styles.

The Border Crossing is a wine project enabling Bruno to see how his style of making Shiraz would work made from parcels of grapes from McLaren Vale, a different region from his beloved Barossa Valley. There in McLaren Vale, approximately 2 miles from the ocean, near the small town of Aldinga, he found a block of 30+ year old vine Shiraz, that produces a wine that is big and lush just like his wine back in the Barossa however with more blueberry and mocha characteristics. 
Awards, Reviews
2018 – 91 The Wine Advocate
2015 – 92 The Wine Advocate
2014 – 91 Wine Spectator
2014 – 90 The Wine Advocate

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