Wine reviews

By Chris Shanahan
Updated May 5 2015 - 10:09am, first published March 3 2015 - 11:45pm

Bleasdale Frank Potts Cabernet Blend 2012
Langhorne Creek, South Australia
$26.60–$30
Four-star/94 ★★★★

For one of Australia's undervalued champions, try Bleasdale Frank Potts. We're about to hear a lot more about this wine, as the coming 2013 vintage won a trophy as best cabernet blend in the Royal Sydney Wine Show. The blend honours company founder and Langhorne Creek pioneer, Frank Potts. In 1858, Potts planted vines on the flood plain of the Bremer River, which runs through Langhorne Creek. The area's mild maritime climate produces outstanding cabernet, with a distinctive mid-palate fleshiness. Potts's descendants demonstrate this deliciously in their Frank Potts blend of cabernet sauvignon (65 per cent), malbec (15 per cent), petit verdot (11 per cent), merlot (five per cent) and cabernet franc. While cabernet shapes the wine, the other varieties add greatly to the perfume, flavour volume and caressing, soft tannins.

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