Wolf Blass Black Label 1991 CONFIRM 1991 VINTAGE

Wolf Blass Black Label 1991 - Buy
Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz McLaren Clare Coonawarra South Australia
From the exceptional 1991 vintage, this smooth and elegant edition is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Shiraz, sourced from McLaren Vale, Coonawarra and Clare Valley. The bouquet has the typical Black Label intensity of rich chocolate, mint and fruit aromas complexed by vanilla oak. Plump and hedonistic, full bodied and intense with blackberry fruits, integrated wood and incredible warmth, this sumptuous and historic wine sits ready to drink alongside succulent, slowly braised meats in rich wine-based sauces.

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Vintage 1991 was destined for cellaring and bottle development, the harvest of grapes for this wine came early, on the back of a warm and favourable growing season with slightly lower yields. The exacting fruit requirements for the Wolf Blass Black Label means parcels are sourced from low yielding vines. Harvested March to April, the Cabernet and Shiraz was harvested at night to make a better wine. The individual parcels of fruit were crushed and fermented separately before being transferred to new French oak barriques for fermentation. The wine was racked and matured for thirty months under a combination of American and French oak. Alcohol 13.2% pH 3.46 Acidity 7.0 g/L Sugar 1.6 g/L Winemaker John Glaetzer.
On the nose and the palate the wine exhibits sweet peppermint characters with hints of chocolate, plum pudding and liquorice. Elements of plums and liqueured blackberry, real lusciousness, curls of dense chocolate, nutella and sweet steamed pudding. There's a spicy distinctiveness, as this wine develops into an astonishingly rich balance of flavours and essences, a soft fruit driven palate with excellent length and soft supple tannins, great depth, and a complex yet elegant structure. A rich red, as harmonious as it is complex, full bodied and beautifully structured, a wine that was built for cellaring and bottle development. Black Label is the perfect accompaniment to roasted rib eye or succulently prepared fowl and game.
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The Wolf Blass winery is located at the epicentre of the Australian wine industry, the Barossa Valley and has produced some of Australia's finest wines since 1966

Wolf Blass Wines International was born in 1973 when Wolf started his own business, purchasing a 2.5 acre land holding with an old army shed outside Nuriootpa, at the northern end of the Barossa Valley. John Glaetzer joined the company and from 1974-1976 Wolf Blass Wines won three consecutive Jimmy Watson Trophies, the Black Label generated substantial publicity and hype. From this time onwards growth was impressive with Wolf Blass Yellow Label and Riesling becoming Australia's top selling red and white wine.

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Wolf Blass AM was born in East Germany in September 1934. After studying and working in the European wine industry for 13 years he migrated to the Barossa Valley, South Australia in 1961 with 100 pounds in his pocket, and the belief that he could "probably add something" to the Australian wine industry. Wolf's first job after arriving in Australia was as Sparkling Wines Manager for Kaiser Stuhl in the Barossa Valley. He also worked as a freelance technical adviser for independent producers.

In 1966 Wolf registered the business name Bilyara, the aboriginal word meaning Eaglehawk. Wolf produced his first vintage of 250 dozen in the same year. Through 1969 to 1973 Wolf worked as Manager and Winemaker for Tolleys where he made his first significant impact on the local wine industry with development of red wine styles. He was considered one of the leaders of the new generation of Australian winemakers, creating individual wines of various styles under his own label.

Exports first started in the mid-1970s, and in 1984 Wolf Blass Wines became a publicly listed company. By the end of 1990, the number of National and International awards totalled an incredible 2,575 comprising 135 trophies, 712 gold medals, 812 silver medals, 869 bronze medals, and 47 diplomas. Wolf's amazing run of show awards outside the Jimmy Watson Trophy includes: Best red wine in Adelaide Show (Montgomery Trophy) in 1978-1983, 1986-1988, Best red wine in Sydney Show 1981-1983 and 1985, and Most successful red wine exhibitor in National Shows 1980-1988

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Under the guidance of Chief Winemaker Chris Hatcher, the steady hand of veteran John Glaetzer and the contemporary influences of Wendy Stuckey, Caroline Dunn and Kirsten Glaetzer, the award total for Wolf Blass now stands at over 3,000 awards at international and Australian wine shows and includes an unprecedented fourth Jimmy Watson Trophy for the 1998 Black Label at the 1999 Royal Melbourne Wine Show. In 2001 The International Wine and Spirit Competition recognised the achievements of Wolf Blass, with an award for the Best Australian Wine Producer.

In 2001, Wolf was appointed as a Member in the Order of Australia for "service to the development of the Australian Wine Industry and to the promotion of excellence in winemaking, viticulture, marketing and research." In 2006, Wolf was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit (Das Bundesverdienstkreuz) by the Federal Republic of Germany (one of the German government's most prestigious honours) for "nurturing positive relationships and partnerships between the German and Australian peoples, cultures and countries."

Wolf Blass AM is currently the Ambassador for Wolf Blass Wines International, participating in promotions, overseas development and maintaining the quality style of the winemaking production. As they have for almost 30 years, Wolf Blass wines continue to delight wine lovers all over the world.

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