Bleasdale Cabernet Franc 2022 x 12
Product Description
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
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