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The Waxed Bat 2021

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The Waxed Bat 2021
Opi Sadler’s bewitching Shiraz-Malbec-Cab blend is one of our most popular reds—and for good reason. Packed with intense black fruit and smooth baking spice characters, this hugely acclaimed beauty’s a big crowd pleaser (and made for steak)
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Wine Details

Double Gold
91
91PTS
  • Red - Medium to Full Bodied
  • ArgentinaArgentina
  • Shiraz-based blend
  • Vegan
  • 14% ABV
  • 750 ml
  • Vegetarian
  • 31 December 2024

Flavor Profile

Wine Flavor Profile
The Waxed Bat is a full-bodied dry red wine with lush blackberry, violet, smoke, pepper and licorice aromas. The palate offers layers of rich black fruit and peppery, oaky spice, framed by rounded tannins and a long, smooth finish.
Wine Food Pairings
Barbecue, sausage, pizza, lamb, meaty pasta, burgers.
Beyond the Label

Argentina’s Opi Sadler is a seriously talented winemaker. His awe-struck colleagues even nicknamed him ‘The Magician,’ due to his masterful ability to draw out the most magical qualities in grapes.

His Waxed Bat, from the premium (high-altitude) enclave of Mendoza, is always a huge hit with customers, show judges and critics. Decanter World Wine Awards judges once described it as “so thick you could paint with it.”

The 2021 release—which boasts 91 points and a gold medal from France’s prestigious Gilbert & Gaillard wine guide—is another delicious edition to The Waxed Bat lineage. Judges wrote, “Elegant smoke and toast on the nose with red and black fruit notes, spice and garrigue. This is a bold yet refined wine with great potential.”

A blend of berry-rich Shiraz, inky-black Malbec and chocolatey Cabernet, The Waxed Bat delivers a deep, dark glassful, starting with aromas of lush blackberry and notes of violet, smoke, pepper and licorice. On the palate, you’ll find layers of rich black-fruit flavor and oaky complexity. Look for that trademark long, smooth finish. Delicious with a big, juicy cut of steak (and totally unmissable).

As one of our most-loved reds of all time, The Waxed Bat always sells fast. Act quickly to secure your share.

Argentina’s Opi Sadler is a seriously talented winemaker. His awe-struck colleagues even nicknamed him ‘The Magician,’ due to his masterful ability to draw out the most magical qualities in grapes.

His Waxed Bat, from the premium (high-altitude) enclave of Mendoza, is always a huge hit with customers, show judges and critics. Decanter World Wine Awards judges once described it as “so thick you could paint with it.”

The 2021 release—which boasts 91 points and a gold medal from France’s prestigious Gilbert & Gaillard wine guide—is another delicious edition to The Waxed Bat lineage. Judges wrote, “Elegant smoke and toast on the nose with red and black fruit notes, spice and garrigue. This is a bold yet refined wine with great potential.”

A blend of berry-rich Shiraz, inky-black Malbec and chocolatey Cabernet, The Waxed Bat delivers a deep, dark glassful, starting with aromas of lush blackberry and notes of violet, smoke, pepper and licorice. On the palate, you’ll find layers of rich black-fruit flavor and oaky complexity. Look for that trademark long, smooth finish. Delicious with a big, juicy cut of steak (and totally unmissable).

As one of our most-loved reds of all time, The Waxed Bat always sells fast. Act quickly to secure your share.

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This is a bold yet refined wine with great potential.

Gilbert & Gaillard

91 points

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