Red Label Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed young and fresh, within 1–3 years of vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled beef burgers, classic spaghetti bolognese, roasted lamb chops
✨ Technical Specifications
The Red Label Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot from Wolf Blass is a classic expression of the winery's historic blending philosophy, designed to be smooth, approachable, and highly drinkable from release. Sourced from vineyards across South Eastern Australia, this wine marries the structural integrity, dark fruit, and leafy notes of Cabernet Sauvignon with the fleshy, plum-like softness of Merlot. Wolfgang Blass famously revolutionized the Australian wine scene in the 1960s and 70s by championing wines that did not require decades of cellaring to be enjoyable. This approachable red blend carries on that legacy, utilizing gentle oak maturation to deliver a soft, rounded palate with rich fruit flavors and a smooth finish, making it a staple of everyday Australian wine culture.
🍾 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
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot
🍷 ABV
13.5%