This wine is absolutely fantastic, people! It's nothing short of an explosive fruit-bomb in your mouth leaving your tongue eager to be coated by another sip! This wine is very ripe and jammy - almost chewy, so if you're someone who only loves dry wines, this probably isn't for you.
For fruity, well-balanced, ready-to-drink, New World wines, Australia has pretty much hit the nail on the head when it comes to Shiraz. This 'Wine Men of Gotham' label also makes a variety of other wines that are extremely good as well (other wines include Gotham, SxS - which stands for Step by Step, Stalking Horse, Mastermind and Mixed Dozen). The Gotham Shiraz is a great wine (a bit drier than the Wine Men) and consistently receives yearly ratings of 90-93 points. The SxS Shiraz is one of my favorites - along the same lines as Wine Men in terms of fruit-bomb jammy goodness only with extremely pronounced baked raspberry jam flavors and aromas with nuances of chocolate.
The fruit from the Wine Men of Gotham is sourced from three different regions: Fleurieu Peninsula, Langhorne, which is a district well known for producing great Cabernet and Shiraz and McLaren Vale, which is probably the most well known of the three regions in terms of wine production. All three of these regions are in South Australia just south of Adelaide, which is the capitol city of Southern Australian state.
Wine Men of Gotham, Shiraz
2008
South Australia
13.9% Alcohol/Volume
Jammy, slightly smokey with a bit of heat and spice on the nose along with strawberry, chocolate and toasted oak. The wine is deep velvety red in color with a nice balance of alcohol and acidity. Faint taste of nutmeg. Made to drink now!
This is a great, easy-drinking conversational wine at a great price: around $12.99!
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