Bleasdale Wild Fig S.G.M 2020
- $22
- Drink by: 2021 - 2027
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It’s hard to deny the intensity of Langhorne Creek’s red varieties. The original plantings were grown for fortified wines and, thanks to the likes of Bleasdale and others, are still being made into those show-stopping sweet wines. The creek also has an abundance of high-quality straight varieties and blends.
The 2020 S.G.M opens up with a cordial concentration of fruit. Blood plums, boysenberry and the sugary staining syrup running from a warm blackberry pie hot out of the oven. Really, it’s that evocative. Then the savoury spices come through; cassia bark, grated nutmeg, and star anise, only to surprise me more with the strength of the shiraz shining through on the palate with olive tapenade, gravel and tar, and brightness of acidity.
This is a wine that comes together like a 1000 piece puzzle, everything fits in its place and the picture is something to sit back and admire.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
