Wolf Blass Yellow Label 2008

I've had a chequered history with this wine. Back in the late nineties when I discovered wine and became an alcoholic, I was really quite taken with this stuff.

I didn't touch it for several years, but returned sometime in the mid-noughties, after my palate had been corrupted by the likes of Lafite, Haut-Brion, La Mouline, Ducru Beaucaillou, Leoville Las Cases etc. At that time I thought Yellow Label, along with it's stablemate 'Presidents Selection' was a very industrial, chemical style of wine and didn't bother again until now.

Well, the pendulum has swung back a little the other way. Yes it is industrial commercial swill, but it is industrial commercial swill 'par excellence.' Very nice blackcurrant fruit, excellent concentration and balance without being OTT. A nice style of Oz Cabernet.

Wolf Blass Yellow Label 2008 7/10 Asda £7.99.