Bleasdale Wellington Road G.S.M. 2019

Here’s a little mystery for you. Generally, a G.S.M. signals a blend of grenache, shiraz and mourvèdre. But apart from the letters G.S.M. on the bottle label there is no mention of individual grapes, and the Bleasdale website only cites grenache and shiraz. The drinker can certainly take it as read that there is most definitely grenache and shiraz involved here. The former brings its sweet confection fruit – cherry bon bon and blackcurrant pastille – to this delightful little wine party in a glass. The latter contributes a solid base of dark spiced plums and mellow, smooth tannins. Quite a delightful, well-built blend. Is there a little mourvèdre lurking here, too? Is it that slight leafiness or the floral aromatics of rose and violet? You be the judge.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.

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