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Black Label Cabernet Shiraz Malbec 2021

Black Label Cabernet Shiraz Malbec 2021

Black Label Cabernet Shiraz Malbec 2021

750 mL
$130.00

Overview

Overview

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.

Harvested at optimum maturity and flavour, fruit from each vineyard was crushed, de-stemmed and fermented separately for seven to twelve days on skins. The ferments were allowed to warm naturally, with plunging and gentle pumping over used to maximise colour and flavour extraction. Mid-ferment cooling extended fermentation, exploiting time on skins and accentuating line and length. Some batches stayed on skins to dryness, while others completed fermentation in barrel, allowing a balanced integration of oak characters and enhancing texture and complexity.

Varietal Cabernet Shiraz Malbec
Vintage 2021
Country Australia
Region Multi-Region Blend
Volume 750 mL
Closure Screw Cap
Alc/Vol 14.5%
Peak Drinking 2023 - 2043
Winemaker Alex MacKenzie

Awards and Accolades

Awards and Accolades

98 Points Ray Jordan
98 Points Huon Hooke
95 Points Campbell Mattinson

Food Pairing

Food Pairing

Beef
Cheese
Cured Meat

Taste Description

Taste Description

Nose

A rich, distinctive nose defined by layers of blackberry, blackcurrant and dark plum is backed up with deep notes of espresso coffee, panforte and hints of tobacco. Smoky, toasted-nut characters, derived from barrel fermentation and maturation, add attractive complexity.

Flavours and Palate

The palate is complex, mouth-filling and beautifully balanced, with refined yet generous dark berry fruit, and savoury secondary flavours of spice, coffee and cedary oak. Rich and elegant, with a velvety texture and supple, chocolatey tannins that impart a definitive structural line and exceptional length of flavour. The vintage is typical of the characteristic Black Label style that overrides regional and varietal influences.

Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking

Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking

Good winter rainfall started the season off well, after two dry years. Favourable conditions during flowering allowed for good fruit set and development. After a warm November, summer was relatively mild, with cool, dewy mornings and low maximum temperatures in January providing ideal ripening conditions. A dry Indian summer helped grapes ripen well into April. Quality is exceptional across the varieties from 2021, with reds showing intense, rich and balanced flavours and colours.

Alex MacKenzie - Winemaker

Alex started as 10th Winemaker at Saltram in 2017, however his first connection with Saltram was in 2001, working alongside the 8th maker, Nigel Dolan. Alex brings with him over fifteen years of winemaking experience and a great love of the Barossa. His style is down to earth – allowing the season and dirt to speak for themselves – keeping winemaking simple to enable a pure expression of Barossa fruit, as is the Saltram tradition.