Wolf Blass House of the Dragon Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2021
- 92
- $32
- Drink by: 2022-2029
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First some background: HBO’s House of the Dragon is the prequel to one of the most-watched TV series in history – Game of Thrones. Wolf Blass and Warner Bros. have partnered to launch a limited-edition wine on June 22 to mark Day of the Dragon. It’s a combination of 52% cabernet and the remainder shiraz all from South Australia. There’s a bright, fruity house style about this with succulent juicy ripe fruit displaying blackcurrant and red berry characters filled with a dark plum and dark chocolate richness. There are also fine chalky tannins and a pure fruit driven palate to finish.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
