Wolf Blass Shiraz Cabernet 2019 – Exclusive to ALDI
- 92
- $15
- Drink by: 2021 - 2026
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This is quintessential Blass. A blend of varieties – Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon – with 84% and 16% respectively. A blend of regions – McLaren Vale, Barossa and the Adelaide Hills. 80% of the wine spent 12 months in oak and, although the old Blass mantra was ‘no wood, no good’, this is much more moderated and balanced than some of those oaky efforts of the past.
Nicely balanced, it is soft, plush, generous and cuddly. Black fruits, aniseed, licorice, cloves. Not formally structured, but who cares. Just a delicious red to enjoy that finishes with plums and more black fruits plus decent length. I’ll confess to an error. This is an Aldi exclusive and I thought it was cracking value for around $30. I misread. It is actually only $15. Silly money. Stock up.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
