Rosemount, 'GSM', 2001
This is an old favorite of mine. I just had ended a French wine kick for awhile, and was starting an Australian kick. So this was a great bottle bridging those two worlds. GSM stands for Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvedre -- which is a standard Rhone blend of grapes (though most of the time the Aussies call it "Shiraz" instead of "Syrah" as they do in France ... same difference). All the bottles I've had of this have been good going back to 1999, with one of exception of a bottle (2003) I got from the airport in Narita -- probably not cared for as it should have been.
The nose was raisin, plum, nutmeg, cinnamon, green bean, bark and wheat cracker (seriously, that's what I smelled). The taste was raisin again, black cherry, vanilla (subtle), and pepper. On the finish, the vanilla remained, along with cayenne and plum. Others tasted nasturtium at the end.
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8.0(Grenache 48%, Syrah 45%, Mourvedre 7%)
