Head Red GSM 2012 (Barossa, SA)
14.5%, Screwcap, $25
Source: Sample
www.headwines.com.au
I loved the 2012 Head Red Shiraz. Ripping value. This GSM is certainly in the zone, if not quite the brilliance of the Shiraz.
Beef and a little animal life on the nose – really savoury and wild. Barossa or the Rhone? Garrigue-ish. Wonderfully expressive. Quite a pointy sort of a palate though, a little confected on the nose and genuinely Grenache driven, if a fraction warm and light.
Ultimately a pretty tasty sort of a number but you just want a more guts to really do homage to that nose. Still, properly authentic GSM.
Drink: 2013-2020
Score: 17/20, 90/100
Would I buy it? Hmm. I’d like to see how this evolved as it is still super young. Might be worth sticking a bottle away for a year? Tough competition in 2012 though as there are so many Barossan leading lights.
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