Wolf Blass - owned by Fosters, but good still good wine!
Wolf Blass Red label Cab Merlot 2005.
This wine is one of many under $8 that I’m drinking at the moment. The reason for the “affordable” price tag is that I can only buy wines that fit a niche, and as I have plenty of more expensive “special” wines, the only niche that needs filling is the everyday drinking wine (Read: Kate won’t allow me to stockpile like I usually do, but I’ve found a loophole in her argument!).
This wine is nice and solid, not wishy-washy as you would normally come to expect from mass produced cheaper wine. It has a nice plum taste with berries (although I can’t taste the berries). The red label range is the second cheapest from Wolf Blass (the cheapest being the Eaglehawk, then red, then yellow, gold, grey, black and platinum). I find it very affordable at $7.50, and from memory the Cab Merlot was nicer than the Cab Shiraz. It’s a sure fire thing if you need to buy something from the affordable shelf.
FYI if you are in BC, BC liquor has red label wines for $15.50. I wouldn’t bother for this money as they also have the yellow labels for $17. The yellow labels are single verities from SE Australia and are a far superior wine to the reds. They also have the Eaglehawk range for about $13. I’m picking up some tomorrow night (for $6.60 on special) so I’ll let you know what I think!As always enjoy in moderation!!