President's Selection Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5 to 12 years from vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb shanks, grilled ribeye steak, aged Cheddar cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
First released in the late 1970s, the President's Selection from Wolf Blass was conceived as a range of wines of outstanding quality, selected from the finest parcels of the vintage. Wolfgang Blass, the charismatic founder, sought to craft a Cabernet Sauvignon that defied the tough, astringent style of the era, opting instead for a wine defined by plush fruit, seamless oak integration, and immediate drinkability coupled with aging potential. Sourced from premium vineyards across South Australia—most notably Langhorne Creek and McLaren Vale—this Cabernet Sauvignon is celebrated for its rich, dark fruit profile, subtle minty notes, and structured yet velvety tannins, matured in a combination of French and American oak hogsheads.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1966 by German-born winemaker Wolfgang Blass, Wolf Blass began in a humble tin shed in South Australia's famed Barossa Valley and quickly grew into one of the nation's most celebrated and iconic wine estates. The winery established its global reputation through pioneering cross-regional blending techniques, consistently crafting fruit-forward, structured wines defined by supple tannins and careful oak maturation. Celebrated for an unprecedented four Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy wins, Wolf Blass produces an acclaimed color-coded portfolio highlighted by the flagship Black Label Cabernet Shiraz, alongside the single-vineyard Platinum Label and signature Gold and Yellow Label expressions.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.0% - 14.5%