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Three gold medals at second-tier shows, silver at the Perth Royal Wine Awards and Royal Adelaide Wine Show. Bleasdale is Australia's foremost maker of Malbec, investing it with rich, velvety plum and blackberry fruits, supported by amicable tannins.
95 points James Halliday Weekend Australian Feb 2023Bleasdale’s founder Frank Potts, bequeathed the majority of his business to his sixth son, Frank Potts II. Frank Potts II played an important role in Bleasdale’s history, being responsible for building its famed red gum press. The Second Innings Malbec label depicts Frank Potts II taking part in a family game of cricket on the Bleasdale property.
Malbec is rarely seen as a varietal wine but at Bleasdale and in Langhorne Creek it stands on its own two feet and performs well enough to earn its stripes. This wine shows vibrant primary fruit flavours of plums, red berries and pepper spice. Finishing soft and round with velvety smooth tannins.Matured 9 months new (10%) and seasoned French oak hogsheads and puncheons.
This wine shows vibrant primary fruit flavours of plums, red berries and pepper spice. Finishing soft and round with velvety smooth tannins.