Platinum Label Adelaide Hills Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed from 5 to 15 years after the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can cellar beautifully for up to 20 years.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted duck breast, grilled lamb chops with rosemary, venison stew
✨ Technical Specifications
The Wolf Blass Platinum Label represents the absolute pinnacle of the winery's regional sourcing philosophy, showcasing the ultimate expression of a single terroir. While the Platinum series is historically famous for its Barossa Valley release, this Adelaide Hills expression highlights a dramatically different, cool-climate side of South Australian Shiraz. Situated in the elevated, undulating slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges, the Adelaide Hills vineyard sites benefit from cool breezes and significant diurnal temperature shifts. This slow ripening process allows the Shiraz grapes to retain natural acidity while developing intense aromatic complexity, fine-grained tannins, and a signature white pepper and dark berry profile. Matured in premium, individually selected French oak barriques, this wine is a masterclass in elegance, structure, and restraint, offering a sophisticated contrast to the traditional, robust warm-climate styles of the region.
🍾 About the Producer
Wolf Blass was established in 1966 by German-born oenologist Wolfgang Blass, who began vinifying small parcels of fruit in South Australia before purchasing the Bilyara property outside Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley. Blass pioneered a transformative paradigm in Australian wine, prioritizing accessibility, multi-regional blending, and meticulous oak management over austere single-vineyard orthodoxy. Sourcing across disparate South Australian terroirs—spanning the warm red loam and ironstone of the Barossa Valley to the maritime plains of Langhorne Creek and the high-elevation, cooler, slate-strewn hillsides of Eden Valley and Clare Valley—the winery crafts highly polished, structured wines with supple fruit concentration. Viticulture adheres to modern sustainable guidelines accredited through Sustainable Winegrowing Australia under corporate parent Treasury Wine Estates. Wolf Blass made history by securing the prestigious Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy four times, anchored by its benchmark Black Label Cabernet-Shiraz, supplemented by the iconic Yellow Label, regional Gold Label, and single-vineyard Sapphire Label releases.
🍇 Grapes
Shiraz
🍷 ABV
14.0% - 14.5%