Wolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Shiraz Malbec
2016
750ml
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Wine Type:
Red
Varietal:
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100% Shiraz / Syrah
Region, Subregion, Country:
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Australia
Appellation:
South Australia
Alcohol Level:
12.5%
Description:
A lifted, fragrant nose, with blackberry, cassis and dark plum fruits reinforced with roast coffee, chocolate, fennel seed, and toasted nut complexity derived from barrel fermentation and maturation. Hints tobacco leaf add attractive highlights. flavors and palate: Rich, generous and complex, with dark plum and blackcurrant fruit layered with savory secondary flavors of coffee and cedary oak. Typical of the characteristic Black Label style that overrides regional and varietal influences, yet with the distinctive structural finesse of the vintage. Showing definitive power and elegance through seamless texture, beautifully balanced, lingering fruit and smooth, long, chocolatey tannins.
Winery:
Wolf Blass
Wolf Blass is a wine producer based in the Barossa Valley with facilities and vineyards all over South Australia. It makes a wide variety of wine at a range of price points and is one of the largest Australian producers by volume. It is best known for the popular red grapes Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, but makes wine across all styles and from a multitude of varieties. The company was founded in 1966 in Barossa by German-born Wolfgang Franz Otto Blass. The wine labels are color-coordinated by pricing tier, with yellow being the value range and platinum reserved exclusively for single-vineyard bottlings. The inaugural release of the platinum range was a 1998 Shiraz, which went on to be named Best Shiraz in the World at the 2002 International Wine and Spirit Competition.
Style:
Crisp & Fruity
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