Platinum Label Cabernet Sauvignon
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Typically best enjoyed 10–25 years from vintage release, with the structure to cellar beautifully for decades.
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Grilled prime ribeye steak, slow-roasted rack of lamb with rosemary, mature cheddar cheese
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The Platinum Label represents the absolute pinnacle of winemaking at Wolf Blass, a house built on the vision of German immigrant Wolfgang Blass who revolutionized Australian wine in the 1960s. While the Platinum tier is most famously associated with their monumental Shiraz, any Cabernet Sauvignon elevated to this flagship status represents an extraordinary selection of the finest, most characterful parcels of fruit from South Australia's premier terroirs, such as the terra rossa soils of Coonawarra or the historic soils of the Barossa. Crafted only in exceptional vintages, this wine undergoes meticulous small-batch fermentation followed by extensive maturation in premium, tight-grained French oak barriques. The result is a majestic expression of South Australian Cabernet: intensely concentrated, structurally flawless, and displaying a seamless harmony of plush dark fruit, refined oak, and velvety tannins.
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Established in 1966 by German immigrant Wolfgang Blass in a humble tin shed in the Barossa Valley, Wolf Blass has grown to become one of Australia's most iconic and highly awarded wineries. Renowned for revolutionizing the Australian wine industry with its signature style of soft, rounded, and oak-matured wines, the estate is celebrated for its meticulous blending philosophy across South Australia's premium regions. Wolf Blass is particularly famous for its structured color-coded label system, ranging from the everyday Yellow Label to the prestigious, multi-award-winning Black Label Cabernet Shiraz and the single-vineyard Platinum Label Medlands Vineyard Shiraz.