President's Selection Chardonnay
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Typically best enjoyed within 3 to 7 years from the vintage release.
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Roasted chicken, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled salmon
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The President's Selection Chardonnay represents a historic tier in the Wolf Blass portfolio, originally conceived as a selection of the winemaker's finest barrels to be shared with dignitaries and cellared for special occasions. Sourced from premium vineyards across South Australia—frequently drawing on cooler-climate parcels from regions like the Adelaide Hills to impart brightness and structure—this wine is crafted to showcase a harmonious balance of rich fruit and elegant oak. Fermented and matured in French oak barrels with regular lees stirring, it develops a creamy texture and complex layers of white peach, citrus, and toasted brioche, embodying the classic, generous Australian Chardonnay style with a refined modern edge.
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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.