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Black Label Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 1984 Museum Release

Black Label Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 1984 Museum Release

Black Label Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 1984 Museum Release

Overview

Overview

The 1984 vintage sees the 12th consecutive release of Black Label, our iconic flagship and the first ultra-premium wine made by Wolf Blass, with the aim to create the finest red blend from the vintage.

The philosophy behind Black Label is simple: to take the year’s very best wines and weave them together into a synergistic whole, the resultant wine being greater than the sum of its parts. It’s about creating a wine with many layers of flavour in a complex composition of intense fruit characters, magnificent structure, a rich lustrous texture, long velvety tannins and a lingering palate.

Fruit for Black Label is chosen solely on the basis of its intensity of flavour and potential for longevity. The individual vineyard batches were fermented on skins to 4° Baume then pressed, with the fermentation completed in new oak.

Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Vintage 1984
Country Australia
Region Multi-Region Blend
Volume 750 mL
Closure Cork
Alc/Vol 12.5%
Peak Drinking Enjoy Now
Winemaker The Wolf Blass Team

Food Pairing

Food Pairing

Beef
Pasta
Pizza

Taste Description

Taste Description

Nose

Intense red berry, herb and mocha aromas.

Flavours and Palate

Concentrated Cabernet flavours of red and black berries, sage and liquorice with fine-grained, chocolatey tannins and savoury mocha nuances. The palate shows the power of Langhorne Creek with a soft plushness from the Merlot.

Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking

Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking

South Australia

Home to the oldest vines in the country, and no less than 18 wine growing regions, South Australia accounts for almost 50% of Australia’s wine production. The Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek and Coonawarra are well known for their world class reds, with Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley and Eden Valley praised for their exceptional Chardonnay and Riesling.

Good winter and spring rains were followed by a warm and dry vintage with below average rainfall, the yields recovering from the low levels of 1983.

Wolf Blass Team

The Wolf Blass team of winemakers share a similar working ethos – to boldly chase the pursuit of excellence, to uphold and represent Wolf Blass' proud history, and to create wine of exceptional quality.