Gomersal GSM 2021

Good value to be found in this Barossa version of the famous Rhone blend. The wine spent a year and a half in a mix of new and older French and American oak hogsheads. The blend is 47% Grenache, 43% Shiraz and 10% Mataro. A deep, inky maroon hue, the nose is seriously powerful with rich aromatics. There are notes of dark chocolate, cloves, leather, mocha, cherries, violets and blackberries. As we proceed to the palate, the flavours move more to blueberries and cocoa powder. There are fine tannins here and a soft, gently fading but lingering finish. There is a little oak, but it is simply part of the overall package. Attractive drinking now and over the next six to eight years.