Wolf Blass Gold Label Syrah 2012
$1999each
$239DOZEN
WineryWolf Blass
Fruit Shiraz Viognier
Regions Adelaide Hills
  South Australia
Each $19.99
$239.00
Currently out of stock
Gold Label is an ever evolving proposition, as emergent and resurgent genres in wine serve to enthuse the impassioned team at the House of Blass. As a prolific award winner, Gold Label inspires Wolf Blass to produce a beautifully perfumed, piquant style of Shiraz, endowed with a chewy palate of complex Rhonesque fruit. Viognier contributes lift without dominating, bringing winsome aromatics and Fleurs blanches, apricots and Frais des Bois.
Shiraz is sourced entirely from low yielding vineyards in the Adelaide Hills. Grapes grown to these select sites best display the qualities of the cooler microclimes of the region, so renowned for yielding succulent Shiraz and fragrant Viognier. Each vineyard parcel is inoculated separately for up to ten days in small batch open fermenters. One parcel of Shiraz is co-fermented with a small percentage of Viognier, contributing lifted fragrances to the nose and intensifying the vibrant colour of the finished wine. Parcels are gently pressed then racked to barrel for a year's repose in a combination of new and prior use French oaks, followed by a light filtration before bottling.
TASTING NOTES
Soft crimson red in the glass, purple robes. The nose exudes intensely lifted aromas of pepper, blackberries and cassis. These characters move onto the palate, joined by boysenberry, white pepper and ripe black fruits, interwoven by ribbons of cassis, violet and exotic spice. A medium bodied Shiraz in sultry French styling, velvety textured, stately tannins and extreme length.
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About Wolf Blass Wines
The Wolf Blass winery is located at the epicentre of the Australian wine industry, the Barossa Valley and has produced some of Australia's finest wines since 1966
Wolf Blass Wines International was born in 1973 when Wolf started his own business, purchasing a 2.5 acre land holding with an old army shed outside Nuriootpa, at the northern end of the Barossa Valley. John Glaetzer joined the company and from 1974-1976 Wolf Blass Wines won three consecutive Jimmy Watson Trophies, the Black Label generated substantial publicity and hype. From this time onwards growth was impressive with Wolf Blass Yellow Label and Riesling becoming Australia's top selling red and white wine. Wolf Blass»