The Ball Buster 2022
$22.00
ONLY WINE UNDER $25 TO SCORE 90 POINTS or above – 20 YEARS IN A ROW!
91 points Angus Hughson, Vinous – The 2022 Shiraz Ball Buster is an impressive vintage for this label offering up powerful and fleshy aromas of blackberry and chocolate with more complex earth and spice accented by sweet oak. Good fruit depth and structure with resinous oak bring broad appeal before finishing with strong length. August, 2025.
Made in the same full-on style that proprietor Bruno Tait has been pursuing since its first vintage in 2001, Tait’s 2022 The Ball Buster Proprietary Red is a blend of 85% Shiraz, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 6% Merlot. Mint and baking spices lead the way, backed by a big mouthful of blackberries and black cherries. Full-bodied yet supple, it’s spicy and rich, with lingering notes of mixed berries and spice on the finish.
Description
Angus Hughson, Vinous – 91 points. The 2022 Shiraz Ball Buster is an impressive vintage for this label offering up powerful and fleshy aromas of blackberry and chocolate with more complex earth and spice accented by sweet oak. Good fruit depth and structure with resinous oak bring broad appeal before finishing with strong length. August, 2025.
Color: Deep Black Purple. Nose: Intense aromas of blackcurrant, Stewed plums, Cherry, and chocolate. Palate: Full bodied berry palate with a sweet long lasting finish.
The grapes that make up the Ball Buster blend are sourced from different vineyard locations throughout the Barossa. Vineyard sites are chosen to ensure that the resultant fruit is intense and that cropping levels do not exceed 3.5 tones an acre; typically these are clay soils on the fringes of the Barossa. Each vineyard site is visited twice a week during the maturing season to ensure that the fruit is maturing slowly and that water is only applied when necessary. Picking is only done when the grapes are physiologically ripe.
