John's Blend Margarete's Shiraz 2010 1500ml

Winecompanion.com.au/ Date tasted 12 Jan 2013
If you insist on a cork, a full-bodied dry red is going to suffer least; the colour is good, and the standard completion of the primary fermentation in 100% new oak, followed by mlf in that oak, and a further 25 months' maturation is some barrels has taken full advantage of the vintage. Well-priced, and in pure Glaetzer 'no wood, no good' style.

A constant persuit of excellence in every aspect of production is the key to the success of John and Margarete Glaetzer's family business, which produces John's Blend.
John and Margarete have seen their vision come to fruition when the 1974 John's Blend was first released in 1977. This classic Australian red wine continues the award winning success story of John Glaetzer, over many years of wine making for some of Australia's top wine producers.
Over 30 years experience of fine wine making has established John Glaetzer to hand craft these uniques reds. Small batches of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from the alluvial soils of Langhorne Creek and Shiraz from Langhorne Creek and McLaren Vale are crushed, fermented, pressed and blended into oak hogsheads for maturation. These small batches of grapes become John's Blend, a select, super premium label with limited production.
In 1995 a rich and intense Margarete's Shiraz was added to the label, a perfect companion to the Cabernet Sauvignon - both wines offer a unique experience to red wine connoiseurs all over the world.

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