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2002 Tait "The Ball Buster" - It's 5 O'Clock Somew
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 10:35 am
by Doc Rock
Neither my wife nor I felt like cooking tonight, so we ordered "takeaway" to enjoy at home.
On a lark, grabbed a bottle of The Ball Buster from the cellar (the screwcap helped make the decision as everyone was anxious to dig in).
This is everything I love about so many Australian wines. Ripe, round, smooth, low acid, full-bodied and easy with food.
Like country music, it ain't complicated. Who cares? For $12, I'm glad I bought 2 cases.
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 4:03 pm
by MartinC
Fr ur description, it isnt a "testicle tearer" as the name has suggested
Re: 2002 Tait "The Ball Buster" - It's 5 O'Clock S
Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 5:56 pm
by Red Bigot
Doc Rock wrote:This is everything I love about so many Australian wines. Ripe, round, smooth, low acid, full-bodied and easy with food.
Like country music, it ain't complicated. Who cares? For $12, I'm glad I bought 2 cases.
Doc,
It really is a nice wine isn't it? Much better than you might expect from the name and price. The idiosyncratic shiraz/cab/merlot blend makes it stand out in a crowd too. It's about $A18 here, so your price is very good too.
Re: 2002 Tait "The Ball Buster" - It's 5 O'Clock S
Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 2:28 am
by Doc Rock
Red Bigot wrote:Doc Rock wrote:This is everything I love about so many Australian wines. Ripe, round, smooth, low acid, full-bodied and easy with food.
Like country music, it ain't complicated. Who cares? For $12, I'm glad I bought 2 cases.
Doc,
It really is a nice wine isn't it? Much better than you might expect from the name and price. The idiosyncratic shiraz/cab/merlot blend makes it stand out in a crowd too. It's about $A18 here, so your price is very good too.
Brian,
If there were more wines like this available in The States at this price point, there would be alot more red wine drinkers here. This wine is a favorite among my friends who are casual wine drinkers and novices to the wine world.
Sadly, California isn't producing anything nearly this enjoyable at anywhere close to this price.