Lake Breeze Malbec 2023

Lake Breeze

Lake Breeze Malbec 2023

Style Wine Australia Red
Producer Lake Breeze
Origin Langhorne Creek (South Australia)
$28 / btl
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What it tastes like.

Malbec has a long history in Langhorne Creek and has been successfully used in Lake Breeze blends for a number of years.

Selected from two sites on our vineyard, one on the traditional flood plain which provides richness, dark fruits and soft tannins. The other block on lighter soils off the flood plain where the wine has amazing lifted floral notes, purple colour and a firmer tannin structure.

Both parcels were fermented separately in small open top fermenters with some whole berry inclusion. The grapes had 1 to 2 days of cold soaking prior to fermentation for 7-8 days on skins prior to being pressed into 3 year old French oak barriques. The wine remained in barrel for 18 months, with 3 rackings only to clean up before bottling without fining or filtration.

The resultant wine is deep purple in colour, has an enticing bouquet of violets and mulberry, with some spicy notes. The palate has a luxury mouthfeel and seductive fine tannins which makes for great current drinking or alternatively can be cellared with confidence for the next 6-8 years.

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About Lake Breeze.

Langhorne Creek (South Australia) ·Est. 1880s (vineyard); 1987 first Lake Breeze wine

Lake Breeze is a fourth-generation Follett family estate at Langhorne Creek in South Australia, on land the family has farmed since the 1880s. Arthur John Follett established Fairholme as a mixed farm in the 1880s; his great-grandson Greg Follett is the current winemaker. The family transitioned the vineyard from old palomino and doradillo plantings to Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Chardonnay through the 1960s and 1970s, and produced the first Lake Breeze wine in 1987. The estate has been recognised as Australia's Champion Small Winery.

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How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    16–18°C · cellar temperature, never warm

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How should I store it before opening?

Keep it somewhere cool, dark, and steady. Wine prefers cellar temperature; spirits are happier away from heat and direct sunlight.

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Why Caravan backs Lake Breeze

Langhorne Creek (South Australia)

The Follett family arrived at Langhorne Creek in the 1880s when Arthur John Follett — Greg Follett's great-grandfather — established the Fairholme mixed farm and married Alice Fairweather there in 1890. The property worked across cattle, sheep, dairy and a small block of grapevines through three generations of Folletts, with the original plantings being the old workhorse varieties used for Australian fortified wine production: palomino, doradillo, muscat. Through the 1960s and 1970s, the family replanted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and (later) Chardonnay — the varietal shift that defined modern South Australian table wine.

The first Lake Breeze branded wine was made in 1987, marking the family's transition from grape grower for established South Australian wine companies to producer in their own name. Greg Follett, the fourth-generation Follett, is the current winemaker; the estate now spans the Fairholme home block plus surrounding family-owned vineyards in the Langhorne Creek GI. Langhorne Creek's terroir is distinctive within South Australia: alluvial soils flooded historically each winter by the Bremer and Angas Rivers, with cooling sea breezes from Lake Alexandrina and the Coorong. The microclimate produces softer-tannin, generous-fruit reds compared with the firmer Barossa or McLaren Vale equivalents.

The Lake Breeze range tiers across three labels. The standard Lake Breeze line covers Cabernet Sauvignon, Section 54 Shiraz (named for the original 54-acre vineyard block), Bernoota (the Cabernet-Shiraz blend), Reserve Chardonnay, Pecorino (an Italian varietal grown experimentally in Langhorne Creek), Malbec, Moscato, Rosato. Arthur's Reserve is the top-tier Cabernet expression named for the family founder. The Bullant by Lake Breeze sub-label covers entry-tier Cabernet-Merlot, Shiraz and Chardonnay for broader by-the-glass and supermarket-tier distribution.

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