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Tasting Notes - Cabernet Sauvignon
2015 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO.41
Colour - Very rich intense red
Nose - Youthful, rich intense 'berry' fruit
Palate - Full bodied rich chocolate/mint character typical of the Langhorne Creek region. Rich oak maturation with a soft tannin finish.
2014 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO.40
Colour - Deep red, some mature hues.
Nose - Intense cinnamon/chocolate/mint with refined French oak.
Palate - Rich and soft with classic Langhorne Creek chocolate/mint intensity. Excellent "long" palate balanced by the French oak complexity.
2013 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO 39
Colour - Very intense deep rich red.
Nose - Powerful, rich intense chocolate/eucalypt/mint with balanced French oak in the background.
Palate - Extremely rich and powerful chocolate/mint with great depth and intensity. A very “long” palate with excellent French oak complexity.
2012 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO 38
Colour - Intense deep red.
Nose - Extremely powerful lifted chocolate/eucalypt/mint with very well balanced French oak in the background.
Palate - The characters on the nose carry through to the palate with great intensity. A big, rich and round palate with excellent French oak balance and soft tannin finish.
A classic John’s Blend Cabernet Sauvignon!!
2011 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON
No grapes crushed for the 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon due to the extremely bad weather conditions that occurred during the grape harvest (vintage) – so no wine processed.
2010 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO.37
Colour - Intense deep red.
Nose - Rich and very intense eucalypt/mint with balanced French oak.
Palate - A rich full bodied red showing classic Langhorne Creek eucalypt/mint, with balanced integrated French oak. A relatively “soft” palate with supportive fine tannin finish.
2009 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO.36
Colour - Intense deep red.
Nose - Powerful eucalypt mint and chocolate supported by integrated French oak.
Palate - A rich, medium to full bodied wine with a solid tannin structure. Great length of flavour. Showing typical Langhorne Creek eucalypt and mint with balanced integrated oak.
2008 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO.35
Colour - Intense deep red.
Nose - Powerful, rich with earthy overtones. Rich Cabernet fruit supported by integrated French oak.
Palate - A very rich full bodied wine, showing classic Langhorne Creek chocolate and eucalypt. Incredible length of flavour with soft balanced tannin structure.
2007 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO.34
Colour - Deep red with some purple hues.
Nose - A classic Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon, rich eucalypt/mint typical of the region.
Palate - Full bodied, showing incredible length of flavour, firm but balanced tannins with the classic Langhorne Creek eucalypt/mint evident. Very rich and youthful, the influence of French oak maturation will certainly ensure longevity of the wine.
2006 JOHN'S BLEND - CABERNET SAUVIGNON - NO.33
Colour - Intense deep red.
Nose - Very powerful, rich and intense chocolate and eucalypt with integrated oak.
Palate - A full bodied style of intense flavors and complexity. An exceptional rich palate of chocolate/eucalypt with a firm tannin structure. A classic Langhorne Creek
Cabernet Sauvignon which has the potential to age at least 15 years from date of bottling (September 2009).
2005 JOHN’S BLEND – CABERNET SAUVIGNON – NO.32
Colour - Intense deep crimson red.
Nose - Powerful Cabernet nose showing the intense eucalypt characters of the Langhorne Creek area. This fruit intensity supported by well integrated oak.
Palate - Medium bodied with exceptional fruit intensity, rich flavour integrated with oak.
This wine will certainly develop more complexity with bottle age.
2004 JOHN’S BLEND – CABERNET SAUVIGNON – No.31
Colour – Deep red with some purple hues.
Nose – Very complex, showing powerful Langhorne Creek eucalypt and French oak development.
Palate – Full bodied and displaying chocolate and eucalypt flavours. Soft, rich with firm yet fine tannin structure. This wine will bottle age very well for at least 10-12 years.
2003 JOHN’S BLEND – CABERNET SAUVIGNON – No.30
Colour – Deep Red.
Nose – Rich, powerful eucalypt/mint showing complex oak development.
Palate – Full bodied, rich, flavoursome and soft. Displaying typical Langhorne Creek fruit generosity. Will certainly benefit with extended bottling age – say 8 years plus.
2002 JOHN’S BLEND – CABERNET SAUVIGNON – No.29
Colour – Intense red with some purple hues.
Nose – Powerful eucalypt/mint. A rich intense nose with complex oak. Palate – A full bodied wine with intense flavour. Rich and soft palate, it will certainly benefit with extended bottling age – say 10 years plus.
2001 JOHN’S BLEND – CABERNET SAUVIGNON – No.28
Deep red, with powerful complex eucalypt/chocolate nose.
Intensely flavoured, complex and full bodied, displaying typical Langhorne Creek eucalypt/mint characters with well-balanced oak flavour completing the fine tannin structure.
This wine will continue to benefit with further bottle maturation - excess of 10 years to peak.
2000 JOHN’S BLEND – CABERNET SAUVIGNON - No.27
Deep red colour with powerful chocolate/eucalypt nose.
A rich full flavoursome palate showing classic Langhorne Creek eucalypt/mint with fine tannins, balance with vanillin oak overtones.
While very approachable now, this wine will certainly benefit from further bottle maturation - 10 years to peak.
1999 JOHN’S BLEND – CABERNET SAUVIGNON - No.26
Intense Red / purple in colour with a very powerful eucalypt / mint nose. Rich and youthful palate. A full bodied red with firm tannins, a very long, lingering flavour of oak combined with the classic Langhorne Creek eucalypt and mint. At present quite tight and will certainly benefit from extended bottled maturation - 15 years plus.
Tasting Notes - Margarete's Shiraz
MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - Langhorne Creek
A full bodied, dry red displaying exceptional rich intense chocolate and mint characters.
First release 1995 Vintage
2016 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 21
Colour - Deep red plus some mature hues
Nose - Very complex rich chocolate/mint with refined French oak
Pallet - Rich and soft. A classic Langhorne Creek chocolate/mint intensity, followed by an excellent long palate balanced by the French oak complexity.
2015 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 20
Colour - Deep rich intense red
Nose - Very powerful intense chocolate/mint complexity.
Pallet - Full bodied - showing extremely rich chocolate/mint character, typical of the Langhorne Creek region. Rich oak maturation with a soft tannin finish.
2014 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 19
Colour - Very deep rich and intense red
Nose - Very powerful intense chocolate and eucalypt mint with complex French oak lift.
Pallet - A rich full bodied red showing classic Langhorne Creek character of chocolate/mint / plum. While full bodied, the palate is balanced with French oak backing with a soft tannin finish.
2013 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 18
Colour - Very deep rich and intense red
Nose - Very powerful intense chocolate and eucalypt mint with complex French oak lift.
Pallet - A rich full bodied red showing classic Langhorne Creek character of chocolate/mint / plum. While full bodied, the palate is balanced with French oak backing with a soft tannin finish.
2012 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 17
Colour - Very rich and intense red
Nose - Extremely intense and rich chocolate and eucalypt mint showing. Complex French Oak.
Pallet - Big, rich and full bodied with intense dark chocolate overtones. While full bodied, the palate is balanced with a soft tannin finish.
2011 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ
No grapes crushed for the 2011 Margarete’s Shiraz due to the extremely bad weather conditions that occurred during the grape harvest (vintage) - so no wine processed.
2010 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 16
Colour - Very deep rich brick red.
Nose - Very intense youthful chocolate/mint with supporting rich vanillin oak.
Pallet - A rich, medium to full bodied wine with a solid tannin structure. Great length of flavour. Showing typical Langhorne Creek eucalypt and mint with balanced integrated oak.
2009 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 15
Colour - Intense deep crimson red.
Nose - Intense youthful chocolate/mint with supporting rich vanillin oak.
Pallet - A rich medium to full bodied wine with flavours of dark chocolate and pepper spice. Rich, but soft tannin structures support the long flavoursome palate.
2008 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 14
Colour - Rich crimson red with purple hues.
Nose - Powerful chocolate/vanilla with hint of pepper spice.
Pallet - Rich and full bodied. Flavour of dark chocolate with mint and pepper spice.
Very rich tannin structure, however, soft and well balanced. An intense and very flavoursome red wine.
2007 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - NO. 13
Colour - Intense deep red with purple hues.
Nose - Powerful chocolate, mint and spice with supporting vanillin oak.
Palate - Medium to full bodied. Rich with very soft structure of complex fruit flavour, with supporting oak. Very fine tannins which will certainly add to the longevity of this wines cellaring potential of at least 10 years from date of bottling (September 2009).
2006 JOHN’S BLEND – MARGARETE’S SHIRAZ – NO.12
Colour - Deep red with purple hues.
Nose - Intense youthful chocolate/mint with integrated dark fruit/complex oak overtones.
Palate - Medium to full bodied. Vibrant fruit, youthful flavour showing, chocolate and spice. A wine showing exceptional length on palate with supporting fine tannins and oak complexity.
A red certainly enjoyable now and will develop more complexity with bottle age.
2005 JOHN’S BLEND – MARGARETE’S SHIRAZ – No.11
Colour - Bright intense red with purple hues.
Nose - Very “up front” youthful fruit with complex chocolate overtones combined with vanillin oak characters.
Palate - A fruit driven style; full bodied with rich dark chocolate/berry/spice flavours. This red at present is very “youthful”, rich and flavoursome. It will certainly benefit from further bottle ageing, say 8-10 years to peak.
2004 JOHN’S BLEND – MARGARETE’S SHIRAZ – No.10
Colour – Intense deep red with purple hues.
Nose – Very intense/youthful rich fruit driven style with complex pepper/spice characters.
Palate – Intense fruit of dark chocolate with vanillin oak. The palate, while youthful, displays very soft berry/spice flavours.
A very rich flavoursome wine that will certainly benefit from further bottle ageing - 10 -12 years to peak.
2003 JOHN’S BLEND – MARGARETE’S SHIRAZ – No.9
Colour – Deep red with some purple hues.
Nose – Great intensity. Fruit driven with complex oak.
Palate – Intense fruit of chocolate with vanillin oak. Shows very complex peppery characters that Shiraz produces in some years. Will benefit from, say 8 years plus bottle aging.
2002 JOHN'S BLEND - MARGARETE'S SHIRAZ - No.8
Deep red with some purple hues. This is a rich, intense Shiraz displaying spice/pepper and complex vanillin oak nose.
The combination of subtle Langhorne Creek and rich McLaren Vale fruit has resulted in a red of excellent palate-weight and structure.
While still youthful, this wine shows the softness and intense flavour resulting from oak maturation. This wine will certainly benefit with further bottle maturation - excess of 10 years to peak.
2001 JOHN’S BLEND – MARGARETE’S SHIRAZ - No.7
Deep red, with purple hues in colour.
Rich berry fruit and complex spice/pepper on nose. The palate, while youthful, displays very soft berry / chocolate flavours.
An intensely rich flavoursome wine that will certainly benefit from further bottle aging. 10 - 15 years to peak.
2000 JOHN’S BLEND – MARGARETE’S SHIRAZ- No.6
Deep red, some purple hues in colour with a rich berry fruit and strong vanillin overtones on the nose. Intense berry / chocolate flavours on the palate. Youthful with very soft tannins. Rich and very drinkable now, but the fine tannins will ensure longevity. 10 - 15 years to peak.
1999 JOHN’S BLEND – MARGARETE’S SHIRAZ - No.5
Colour - Intent and with purples evident.
Nose - Great intensity and berry like aromas. Very much fruit driven.
Palate - This wine shows "youthfulness". However the intensity of fruit gives the wine some "softness". With time further "chocolate" and "pepper characters will evolve.
An extremely rich and intense wine which will benefit from further bottle aging - 8 years plus.
Online Enquiries
John's Blend Pty Ltd - Nuriootpa SA 5355
Phone (+61) (0) 8 8562 1820
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A constant pursuit of excellence in every aspect of production is the key to success of John and Margarete Glaetzer’s family business, which produces John’s Blend.
Distributors
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| John's Blend Pty Ltd |
| 18 Neil Avenue Nuriootpa South Australia 5355 Australia |
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| Gipsie Jack Wine Company Ptd Ltd / The Winehouse |
| 1509 Langhorne Creek SA 5255 |
| Phone - 08 85 373 441 |
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| Web – www.thewinehouse.com.au |
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Around The World
To find out how well John's Blend travels John Glaetzer decided to put his wine to the ultimate test. He sent one of his daughters on a mission:
"Take these bottles to all corners of the world and do not return until they have gone to the extremes."
So off his daughter went and the wine was taken (and survived) treks through mosquito-infested jungles and packed on top of buses across freezing salt plains. It travelled for days down rivers in a dugout canoe, was inspected by a bobby at Windsor Castle and approved by monkeys in the amazon rainforest.
Most bottles were sacrificed and enjoyed by people of all cultures along the way. The comment by Alpheus, the great creole man from Belize, says it all after he had tasted John's Blend:
"Long life to your father!"
"One bottle made it all the way back to Australia. By this time it had travelled more than 60,000 km across 3 continents and had crossed the equator 6 times. It was a real challenge to taste this bottle which had spent 10 years overseas, against one of the same vintage from my own cellar....
"What a Tasting!!!!"
The well travelled wine won the "Shaken not Stirred Award". Seriously, the John's Blend ex cellar was slightly crusted but still fresh and silky smooth. the travelled wine showed no crust but still had a silky smooth and soft palate, possible not quite as fresh on the nose, however a delightful red.
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About Us
John and Margarete Glaetzer’s family business produces John's Blend.
They had a vision of creating their own unique premium wine label - John’s Blend was the result. First vintaged in 1974, the Cabernet Sauvignon was created under this new label. John’s Blend was an instant success when it was released in 1977. The then youthful John had already worked with some of the greats of Australian wine, including John Vickery and starting work with Wolf Blass after graduating from the Oenology course in 1970.
John’s Blend developed side-by-side with John’s own prominent role in Wolf Blass Wines as the senior red winemaker.
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The result was hardly surprising; for John’s part in the story of Wolf Blass Wines, resulted in winning an unrivalled four of the prestigious Jimmy Watson Trophies for Australia’s top red wine 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1999. Also winning eleven Montgomery Trophies for the finest red wines at the Royal Adelaide Wine Show, to name just a few of the awards.
It would be fair to say that in Australia’s fine wine making fraternity there are few others who share, with John Glaetzer, the extent and depth of contribution to super premium red wine.
With over thirty years experience in fine wine making, John continues to provide the unique experience of John’s Blend to connoisseurs from around the world.
In 1995 - Margarete’s Shiraz was added. A wine that is rich and intense - a perfect companion to the Cabernet Sauvignon.
Both strictly limited wines, the John’s Blend companions, are as friendly and as rewarding as its maker; and reflects, like John and Margarete themselves, the richness and enjoyment of Australian finest wine regions and their people.
There's life in the old dog yet.
John is also involved with "Gipsie Jack" - a new and exciting Wine Label developed by two Industry stalwarts - himself and Bill Potts.
"Gipsie Jack" is named after John's beloved Jack Russel. Jack is also Irish for John, this wine displays the nature of a true partnership between a man and his dog.
For more information please visit www.gipsiejack.com.au
The Wines
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Margarete's Shiraz - Langhorne Creek
A full bodied, dry red displaying exceptional rich intense chocolate and mint characters.
First release 1995 Vintage
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Cabernet Sauvignon - Langhorne Creek
A rich flavoursome wine displaying classical Langhorne Creek flavours of chocolate and mint.
First release 1974 Vintage
CLICK HERE FOR TASTING NOTES ON CABERNET SAUVIGNON RANGE >>
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The Beginning of a Legend....
A constant pursuit 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. Official Red Five Star Winery in the 2011 Wine Companion
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.
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 connoisseurs all over the world.
Over 30 years experience of fine wine making has established John Glaetzer to hand craft these unique reds. Small batches of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz grapes from the alluvial soils of Langhorne Creek were 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.