Tait Border Crossing Shiraz 2022
Ripe blueberry compote, with mocha and toffee on the nose. Espresso beans, chocolate covered blueberries and the faintest trace of spearmint, on the palate. Broad shouldered and plush texture, with layers of complex flavors. Firm tannins and acid structure means this will hold up for years to come. 950 cases made, 850 cases
imported.
“Brambleberries and blueberries mingle with dried violets and a stony mineral edge. Medium- to full-bodied, focused and seamless, with silky tannins and steady acidity guiding the fruit. Lingering and refined in the finish.”
92 Points – James Suckling
“The appealing core of juicy cherry, blackberry and huckleberry is complemented by notes of espresso, cedar, spices and tobacco, with dense and fleshy tannins and salted black licorice on the finish.”
89 Points – Wine Spectator
Having already created The Ball Buster and The Wild Ride, Bruno wanted to try his hand at a wine from another region. 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. The combination of a great vineyard, open fermentation, basket pressing and maturation in oak barrels ensures the Border Crossing has the TAIT Wines hallmark characters of generosity, power and balance, without betraying its sense of place, which stylistically speaking, is textbook McLaren Vale.
