Bleasdale Mulberry Tree Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

A fleshy, full blooded Cabernet, named after an ancient tree growing in the middle of the block.An elegant wine with aromas of mixed berries, dark chocolate and violets. The palate is smooth with blackcurrant and spicy oak flavours and finishes with fine chalky tannins.

Enjoy with a rack of lamb or beefsteak.

The deep alluvial floodplains of Langhorne Creek are home to some of Australia's best soils in which to grow premium grapes. Frank Potts realised this when he established Bleasdale in 1850. The Mulberry Tree vineyard, named after the ancient tree growing in the middle of the block, consistently produces fruit of rare quality.

While many South Australian family wineries died with their entrepreneurial founders, Bleasdale, established in 1850, still survives proudly today.

Through the challenges of the 1930s and 1940s when Britain's Imperial Preference for Australian wine was removed; the 1950s when Australian tastes swung from fortifieds to table wine; and through the 1980s and 1990s when consumers demanded Chardonnay and Cabernet not Verdelho and Shiraz, the Potts family has changed, innovated and persisted.

Other than Yalumba it is the longest running family owned winery in Australia, a proud heritage of commitment and dedication to an industry and a region.