Top Gold - Australian Alternative Varieties      
Wine Show 2022 
Silver - Perth Royal Wine Awards 2023 
Silver - Langhorne Creek Wine Show 2023 
• 95 Points James Halliday 
Wine Companion 2024 Edition 
Bleasdale has been using Cabernet Franc in blends for over 25 years.  The opportunity to 
present the varietal on its own was too hard to resist, especially as a bouncy, fresh and crunchy 
red.  This wine has been made with minimal yet attentive winemaking and is bottled with low 
sulphites for early consumption, a perfect spring/summer red. 
Bright crimson red with purple tints, the perfume is inviting with rose petal, musk and raspberry 
from whole berry fermentation along with some candle wax and star anise/fennel complexity.  
The palate is lively with a silky middle palate, some structural savoury tannins and a crunchy red 
apple finish.  
VINEYARD 
Borrett’s 3 Corner Vineyard and 
Bleasdale’s Ford Road Vineyard 
Langhorne Creek, South Australia 
HARVEST DATES AND BAUMÉ 
8th and 9th March 2022 
12.0 and 12.3 
VARIETIES 
Cabernet Franc 
BOTTLING DATE 
21st September 2022 
CELLARING POTENTIAL 
Drinking well now until 2027 
WINEMAKING TECHNIQUES 
De-stemmed only to a concrete fermenter 
followed by a cool soak for 48 hours. 
Fermented for 6-8 days on skins peaking at 
28ºC before being pressed at 4 Baume to 
finish fermenting in stainless steel.  Racked to  
stainless steel for MLF before being racked to 
oak for maturation for 5 months 
OAK MATURATION 
5 months in seasoned French oak puncheons 
and stainless steel to retain freshness 
WINE ANALYSIS 
Alcohol: 12.5% alc/vol 
Titratable acidity: 6.1g/L 
pH: 3.37 
SUGGESTED FOOD PAIRING 
Best served slightly chilled 12 - 15ºC 
Enjoy with friends over an antipasto plate 
or a bowl of pasta