95 Points - Jane Faulkner
Bleasdale is one of Australia's leading makers and advocates of Malbec having grown the variety since the late 1880's. While Malbec is rarely seen as a standalone wine in Australia, Bleasdale have been championing the varietal for many years, consistently delivering impressive results.
This 2023 Bleasdale Generations Malbec will only strengthen this wine's reputation as a benchmark example of this variety in Australia. Beautifully lifted aromatics of violets, black fruits and violets leap out of the glass, leading to an intensely flavoured palate with layers of blackberries, plum and olive that are supported by well measured oak and tannin. Another sublime Bleasdale Malbec that has the structure to enjoy over the next decade.
"95 Points. This is just hitting its straps. Easy to get into, as it offers all the archetypal flavours and more. Appealing fresh tobacco and warm bitumen aromas come through, while flavours of dark plums and black cherries are doused in licorice, woodsy spices and choc-mint. It’s a fuller-bodied but not big wine. There’s a certain restraint and elegance to this, and that’s a word not often used for this bolshie variety, such is the Bleasdale way. This has youth on its side so it’s bright and easy. In time it will garner more complexity. Can you wait? $39. Drink: 2025 - 2040. 13.5% alc. Screwcap"- Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion 2026.
