Makers' Project Celebrates The Innovation Of Wine Making In A Refreshing Way
Sep 16, 2019
Wolf Blass, one of Australia’s most iconic and prestigious wine brands, has launched a refreshing new portfolio of wines to its stable of excellence.
Introducing six new delicious varietals, the Wolf Blass Makers’ Project is a brand new range of wines that celebrate the artistry and skill of winemaking that has been at the heart of Wolf Blass wines since 1966.
Reinvigorating the wine category with this exciting new offering, the range is underpinned by the brand’s ability to continually create great wines with exceptional quality, consistency and flavour, whilst celebrating the processes used by its skilled winemakers.
There are three key techniques the Wolf Blass winemakers followed for Makers’ Project:
- Free Run Wine –the process when the grapes are crushed into the press and all the juice that can freely drain from the skins to the tank is referred to as ‘free run’. This produces wines that are balanced in acidity with high levels of purity in fruit, aroma and flavour – such as the Makers’ Project Pink Pinot Grigio and Reserve Rosé.
- Partial Whole Berry Fermentation – the winemakers ferment a higher portion of whole berries, which leads to more full fruits and robust flavours with gentle complexities and spice characteristics. Try Makers’ Project Pinot Three or Reserve Shiraz to see this in practice.
- Early Press – pressing is the process that separates the grape juice from its skins. Flavour and structure are extracted and by pressing early, before the completion of fermentation, a softer wine with fresh, bright fruit characters is created. Makers’ Project Shiraz Grenache and Pinot Noir are perfect examples of this.
“Wolf Blass is known for creating great tasting wines that suit all occasions and are enjoyed by people the world over. The new Wolf Blass Makers’ Project is no different,” says Nick Powell, Wolf Blass Global Marketing Manager. “It builds on Wolfgang Blass’s original vision to create wines that not only taste great, but are wines that people want to drink.
“This new range features wines that our winemakers love to make, wines that highlight the innovative quirks as well as the unique winemaking processes that make them not only delectable, but fresh, original and exciting,” concluded Powell.
Wolf Blass Makers’ Project is available in the following 750ml varietals:
- Makers’ Project Pink Pinot Grigio:
- Made by fermenting free run juice, and enhancing the natural pink colour of the Pinot Grigio skins, this is a light-bodied style with a crisp, dry finish, that’s packed with flavour.
- Makers’ Project Pinot Noir
- A smooth, silky drop with a soft texture that’s decadent and rich in flavour, and bursting with berry fruit characters
- Makers’ Project Shiraz Grenache
- Plush, fresh fruit flavours that create a soft, juicy wine with a velvety texture and a long, silky-smooth finish
- Makers’ Project Reserve Rosé
- With minimal squeezing of the skins and seeds, only the pure, fresh, vibrant juice was fermented, resulting in a deliciously light-bodied, fruity wine with a juicy palate and lingering finish
- Makers’ Project Reserve Pinot Three
- A nod to the Wolf Blass tradition of blending to make a wine that’s better than the sum of its parts. Pinot Noir, fermented with a portion of whole berries, was blended with Pinot Gris and Pinot Meunier to create a bright, fresh-flavoured wine with pure fruit and subtle yet distinct spice characters
- Makers’ Project Reserve Shiraz
- A distinctive, fruit driven aroma that sets the wine apart from more traditionally made Shiraz, it has a smooth finish with subtle fresh fruit flavours and spicy, savoury elements
Wolf Blass Makers’ Project range is available now nationwide.
Wolf Blass was established in the Barossa Valley in 1966 and has grown from a humble tin shed to become one of the world’s most successful and awarded wine brands. A recipient of more than 10,000 medals and trophies at national and international wine shows, the essence of Wolf Blass wines is exemplified through the passion of its custodians past and present as they continuously strive to produce wines of quality, character and consistency.