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2020 Elderton Barossa Shiraz
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2020 Elderton Barossa Shiraz
History : The fruit for Elderton Shiraz was traditionally sourced from the Elderton vineyard situated on the banks of the North Para River, Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, South Australia. Today, this wine includes fruit from the three exceptional estate vineyards that the Ashmead family own. Elderton was transformed from a vineyard supplying quality fruit to other wineries to a winery in its own right in 1982, and have since much recognition for all of the wines, especially the Shiraz. Barossa Shiraz is now highly collectable worldwide, and the Elderton is always a benchmark for the region.
Our Estate Shiraz comes from many parcels across our three vineyards sites. These vineyards ripen differently owing to their different aspects, elevation and soil types. Our Greenock vineyard is on the western end of the Barossa, first to ripen for us and always bring a vibrant bouquet and punchy tannin to our blend. Our Nuriootpa plantings bring a depth of tannin and a lovely sweet spiced fruit element and our Craneford vineyard is a more elevated site on leaner soils ripening later in the season.
- Grape Variety : 100% Shiraz
- Region : Estate grown, 41% Greenock, 16% Nuriootpa, 43% Craneford
- Harvest : 6 – 20 March 2020
- Vine Age :3 - 28 years
- Soil : Alluvial over limestone, sandier towards the east
Winemaker's Comment : 2020 presented a challenging year with minute yield, smaller than average berry size and intense flavor in our Estate Shiraz. Careful cap management ensured gentle extraction from the skins and seeds whilst avoiding harsh bitter tannins. We love the way these three vineyard sites work together in the Estate Shiraz to create a wine with structure, fruit and finally freshness owing to the Eden Valley component. Post fermentation our single batches were put to a combination of new and used French and American oak for malolactic fermentation and maturation before blending.
Style : full bodied, rich, elegant, classic
Color : a rich and vibrant dark purple
Aroma : black forest fruit, and a hint of spiced plum.
Palate : Rich red fruits and plumy depth with a touch of spicy cloves leading in to a seamless length on the palate with chalky tannins matched with juicy red fruit sweetness.
Drinkable Period : 2023 – 2028+
Alcohol : 14.8 %
Ageing : new and used French and American oak 23 months
Food Pairing : Beef and Venison
Score/Award : James Suckling 91 points
Wine Front 92 points
James Halliday 94 points
Wine Orbit 94 points
History : The fruit for Elderton Shiraz was traditionally sourced from the Elderton vineyard situated on the banks of the North Para River, Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley, South Australia. Today, this wine includes fruit from the three exceptional estate vineyards that the Ashmead family own. Elderton was transformed from a vineyard supplying quality fruit to other wineries to a winery in its own right in 1982, and have since much recognition for all of the wines, especially the Shiraz. Barossa Shiraz is now highly collectable worldwide, and the Elderton is always a benchmark for the region.
Our Estate Shiraz comes from many parcels across our three vineyards sites. These vineyards ripen differently owing to their different aspects, elevation and soil types. Our Greenock vineyard is on the western end of the Barossa, first to ripen for us and always bring a vibrant bouquet and punchy tannin to our blend. Our Nuriootpa plantings bring a depth of tannin and a lovely sweet spiced fruit element and our Craneford vineyard is a more elevated site on leaner soils ripening later in the season.
- Grape Variety : 100% Shiraz
- Region : Estate grown, 41% Greenock, 16% Nuriootpa, 43% Craneford
- Harvest : 6 – 20 March 2020
- Vine Age :3 - 28 years
- Soil : Alluvial over limestone, sandier towards the east
Winemaker's Comment : 2020 presented a challenging year with minute yield, smaller than average berry size and intense flavor in our Estate Shiraz. Careful cap management ensured gentle extraction from the skins and seeds whilst avoiding harsh bitter tannins. We love the way these three vineyard sites work together in the Estate Shiraz to create a wine with structure, fruit and finally freshness owing to the Eden Valley component. Post fermentation our single batches were put to a combination of new and used French and American oak for malolactic fermentation and maturation before blending.
Style : full bodied, rich, elegant, classic
Color : a rich and vibrant dark purple
Aroma : black forest fruit, and a hint of spiced plum.
Palate : Rich red fruits and plumy depth with a touch of spicy cloves leading in to a seamless length on the palate with chalky tannins matched with juicy red fruit sweetness.
Drinkable Period : 2023 – 2028+
Alcohol : 14.8 %
Ageing : new and used French and American oak 23 months
Food Pairing : Beef and Venison
Score/Award : James Suckling 91 points
Wine Front 92 points
James Halliday 94 points
Wine Orbit 94 points
