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  • Country ranking ?

    204
  • Producer ranking ?

    8
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Lamb

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The Story

Black Label, our iconic flagship, and the first ultra-premium wine made by Wolf Blass in 1973. Wolf’s aim was to create the finest red blend from the vintage and, 37 vintages later, the sentiment is as true today as it was then. Black Label enjoys a prestigious history, a multi-award winning wine which is, to this day, the only Australian wine to have won the coveted Royal Melbourne Wine Show’s Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy a record four times....

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Vintage 2002

Australia 2002 was a cold year with plenty of winter and spring rain to support the vines for the year. Summer and fall were completely dry. The summer was the coldest on record. Fall had one of the warmest endings. All of this meant that we had very low yields of grapes and produced high quality wines. The grapes had a very good scent (nose and taste, more floral than usual), good concentration and good acidity. A great year for whites and ma...

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53% shiraz from the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley, 40% cab from Langhorne Creek and Barossa Valley and 7% malbec from Langhorne Creek. Lots of spice here. This is more structured than most and offers much more complexity. Nicely balanced. There are Christmas cake notes, cassis and black fruits. Also cigar box notes. A supple and creamy texture. This is a superb example of what Black Label can offer. Utterly seamless, endless length, good concentration right through. A very long finish. There is also power and richness. One of the very best. This was the first under screwcap.
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Origin

Barossa Valley, South Eastern

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