Bleasdale ‘Mulberry Tree’ Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (half bottle)

€9.49
Description
Bleasdale’s Mulberry Tree Cab is an elegant wine with aromas of mixed berries, dark chocolate and violets, the palate smooth with blackcurrant and spicy oak flavours, finishing with fine chalky tannins. This is oak-aged in a mixture of French and American hogsheads for 12 months.
Decanting is recommended and the wine will cellar for a decade.
Frank Potts, an immigrant from England, founded Bleasdale in 1850, and six generations later his descendants form the second-oldest wine family in Australia (after Yalumba). The name comes from a local Reverend, Ignatius Bleasdale, who advocated a “sober, wine-drinking community that excludes ardent spirits.” An anti-temperance priest suited Frank’s ironic sense of humour, so he immortalised him in his winery.
- Full, rich, smooth
- 375ml
- 14% Alcohol
- Screwcap
- Drink by 2024
- Category:
- Red Wine, Wine
- Region:
- Australia, Langhorne Creek
- Grape:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Producer:
- Bleasdale
Producer: Bleasdale
With James Halliday’s Wine Companion Awards Winemaker of the year 2018 Paul Hotker at the helm, Langhorne Creek and Adelaide winery Bleasdale has never been more prestigious or innovative. Labelled ‘the ultimate viniculturalist’ Hotker is the man to propel the Bleasdale wine dynasty ever forward, combining over 165 years of history in its name with 50 hectares of vine under production and grapes sourced from a number of other growers.
Bleasdale founder Frank Potts arrived from England to South Australia in 1836 and founded the winery in 1850. Six generations later his descendants make up the second oldest wine family in Australia after Yalumba. The Bleasdale name comes from a local Reverend, Ignatius Bleasdale, who advocated a “sober, wine-drinking community that excludes ardent spirits.” An anti-temperance priest suited Frank's ironic sense of humour, so he immortalised him in his winery. Top wine critic Robert Parker is a Bleasdale fan, noting that it “produces some of the most reliable, fairly-priced wines around."
Theirs is a diverse portfolio of wines ranging from cool climate whites to revered sparkling Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec. For each vintage Bleasdale thrusts 200 different parcels of wine into the spotlight with an emphasis on regional expression and minimum interference.
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- Silver Medal
- James Halliday Wine Companion Australian Cabernet Challenge 2016 (2016)
- Silver Medal
- The National Wine Show of Australia (2016)
Reviews
James Halliday Wine Companion 2017
James Halliday
Bright, deep crimson-purple, this has clear-cut varietal character with blackcurrant and a dash of dark chocolate. The tannins are soft and ripe, the French oak subtle. An attractive now-or-later style. 92 Points.