A heat-resistant and biaxially stretched blow-molded plastic container produced via a double-blow process, the container comprising a base movable inwardly from an original state to a deformed state to accommodate vacuum forces generated within the container, thereby decreasing a volume of the container, wherein the base includes a movable wall that comprises a push-up portion, first and second parting lines that are separated from one another by a gap, and the first and second parting lines extend on opposite sides of the push-up portion, and at least one or more of the following:
- (i) a distance between each parting line and a center of the base is not more than 20 mm;
- (ii) a distance between the first and second parting lines is not more than 40 mm;
- and/or
- (iii) a distance between the first and second parting lines is less than 50% of a transverse dimension of the base measured between the two outermost points of the parting lines;
- and a substantially circular third parting line;
- wherein the first, second, and third parting lines are formed in the base during a first blow molding step;
- and wherein mold halves producing the first, and second parting lines heat portions of the base at a first temperature, a portion of the base heated by a protruding centering portion is heated at a second temperature, and the second temperature is lower than the first temperature.