Ok ok, I said "this" weekend not three weekend's ago for my next post, do you believe me? At any rate, I figured it's time to climb back on the proverbial vine with another wine review.
To be extremely honest, I picked this wine up because I liked the name. If the wine was awful, you could always have a good laugh afterwards at the name. But at $19 a bottle, it would be cheaper to stay home with a bag of popcorn and watch the Jerk on TMC and get more laughs.
The Ball Buster definitely lives up to its name, with explosive flavor and very high alcohol content. The legal limit for wines before being classified as a spirit is, 16%. Ball Buster was pushing this easy, even though the bottle read 15.8%.
I have to say I was wholly unimpressed and thought the high alcohol content took away from what would otherwise have been a very good wine. Even tasting at a cool 60 degrees Ball Buster was overwhelming. I tried this wine a few months back but I recall this being the consensus at the dinner party too.
The "expert" review: "A great value in full-throttle red wine from Barossa is Tait’s 2005 The Ball Buster. This cuvee is becoming an incredibly popular choice for addicts of what are pejoratively called “fruit bombs.” However, there is a lot more to this wine than just fruit, and that simplistic term is the vinous equivalent of phony baloney. This blend of 80% Shiraz, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Merlot was aged in old American and French oak for 12 months. It offers a dense purple color in addition to a big, rich perfume of blackberries, plums, chocolate syrup, and subtle wood in the background. Powerful and rich with loads of glycerin as well as hefty alcohol (15.8%), it is a classic example of an opulent, full-throttle Barossa red to consume over the next 4-5 years"
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