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Supermarket Slurps – Wolf Blass, Yellow Label Shiraz 2020

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Supermarket Slurps – Wolf Blass, Yellow Label Shiraz 2020

Wolf Blass, Yellow Label Shiraz, South Australia 2020. This bottle was on offer in my local supermarket this week and looking for a weekday slurp to go with supper I picked up a bottle. Back when I was a wee whipper snapper of a wine drinker I can remember drinking this big, bold Aussie shiraz and thinking it was good.

Wolf Blass Yellow Label Shiraz 2020

Now that was a considerably long time ago and I have been lucky enough to try some exceptional wines since. I have started to explore the world of wine and am learning about different grapes, regions and wine styles and wine definitely does not have to be in your face. There are beautiful subtle wines to be savoured. But it’s important not to forget fundamentally wine is about drinking something you enjoy especially with friends and loved ones and I still like shouty, loud wines

Wolf Blass, Yellow Label Shiraz 2020

Wolf Blass grew from from a Barossa vineyard founded by a German wine maker Wolfgang Blass to being Australia’s leading wine brand by volume. Grapes are now sourced from all over South Australia including Clare Valley, Eden Valley, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra. Wolf Blass use these to make a number of different label wines including premium plantinum ones for single vineyard releases. The first premium Shiraz went onto win the 2002 International Wine and Spirit Competition.

Yellow labels are Wolf Blass entry level offer and this wine is a typical Australian fruit forward, easily drinkable Shiraz. Lots of plums and blackcurrants with hints of vanilla, pepper and spice from some maturation in oak. Medium bodied with plenty of acid and robust tannins this wine isn’t particularly elegant and refined but perfectly drinkable for that. Enjoy with a perfectly cooked steak or a big meaty burger cooked on the barbie.

Grape variety                                 Shiraz

Country of origin                           Australia

Region                                             South Australia

Vintage                                            2020

Alcohol                                            13.5%

Notes

For the 2020 vintage around half of the wine was matured in oak barrels.

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