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2018 Elderton Barossa Shiraz
Production information
2018 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.
Vineyard : 2018 Barossa Shiraz comes from many parcels across our three vineyard sites. These vineyards ripen differently owing to their different aspects, elevation and soil types. In 2018, we enjoyed a spring with decent rain and mild conditions through budburst and flowering. Vintage flowed with decent separation in picking times, from our earlier ripen Greenock fruit, through to Nuriootpa and our later ripening vineyard in Craneford. Fortunately, in 2018 little rain interrupted vintage and allowed for good ripening night into April when we harvested the Eden Valley portion of this Shiraz.
- Grape Variety : 100% Shiraz
- Region : Estate grown, 45% Greenock, 35% Greenock, 20% Craneford
- Harvest : March 1st – April 17th 2018
- Vine Age : 25- 124 years
- Soil : Alluvial over limestone, sandier towards the east
Winemaker's Comment : We owe the beauty of our 2018 Shiraz to our climate in the Barossa, and our stunning vineyards, as we do to our winemaking team. In truth, 2018 was a vintage for Shiraz that required caretaker hands from our winemaking team and little else. The vibrancy of fruit coming through in this wine speaks of its inherent freshness of harvest. Our Shiraz was fermented in a combination of open fermenters ( some with heading boards) and closed fomenters which allow us to use a little extended maceration to ensure we made most of the tannin profile our fruit has to offer. Pressed wine was then matured in a combination of new and seasoned French and American oak, selected to complement each parcel of fruit for the Shiraz.
Style : full bodied, rich, elegant, classic
Color : a rich and vibrant dark purple
Aroma : black forest fruit, and a hint of crème caramel.
Palate : dark plum fruit and chocolate with subtleties of anise and spice. A seamless tannin profile elevates the fruit providing depth and length to the finish.
Drinkable Period : 2021 – 2033
Alcohol : 14.5%
Ageing : Predominantly second and third fill American puncheons (318 liter) , 24 months
Food Pairing : Beef and Venison
Expert Comment : There's rich and intense fruit on offer here, from raspberries to red plums to blackberries and assertive American-oak influence. The palate has a very rich and plush feel with bold, fleshy blackberry flavors, as well as some chocolate, smoked meat and spice. Intense and fleshy.
Score/Award : James Suckling 91 points
Wine Front 90 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.
Vineyard : 2018 Barossa Shiraz comes from many parcels across our three vineyard sites. These vineyards ripen differently owing to their different aspects, elevation and soil types. In 2018, we enjoyed a spring with decent rain and mild conditions through budburst and flowering. Vintage flowed with decent separation in picking times, from our earlier ripen Greenock fruit, through to Nuriootpa and our later ripening vineyard in Craneford. Fortunately, in 2018 little rain interrupted vintage and allowed for good ripening night into April when we harvested the Eden Valley portion of this Shiraz.
- Grape Variety : 100% Shiraz
- Region : Estate grown, 45% Greenock, 35% Greenock, 20% Craneford
- Harvest : March 1st – April 17th 2018
- Vine Age : 25- 124 years
- Soil : Alluvial over limestone, sandier towards the east
Winemaker's Comment : We owe the beauty of our 2018 Shiraz to our climate in the Barossa, and our stunning vineyards, as we do to our winemaking team. In truth, 2018 was a vintage for Shiraz that required caretaker hands from our winemaking team and little else. The vibrancy of fruit coming through in this wine speaks of its inherent freshness of harvest. Our Shiraz was fermented in a combination of open fermenters ( some with heading boards) and closed fomenters which allow us to use a little extended maceration to ensure we made most of the tannin profile our fruit has to offer. Pressed wine was then matured in a combination of new and seasoned French and American oak, selected to complement each parcel of fruit for the Shiraz.
Style : full bodied, rich, elegant, classic
Color : a rich and vibrant dark purple
Aroma : black forest fruit, and a hint of crème caramel.
Palate : dark plum fruit and chocolate with subtleties of anise and spice. A seamless tannin profile elevates the fruit providing depth and length to the finish.
Drinkable Period : 2021 – 2033
Alcohol : 14.5%
Ageing : Predominantly second and third fill American puncheons (318 liter) , 24 months
Food Pairing : Beef and Venison
Expert Comment : There's rich and intense fruit on offer here, from raspberries to red plums to blackberries and assertive American-oak influence. The palate has a very rich and plush feel with bold, fleshy blackberry flavors, as well as some chocolate, smoked meat and spice. Intense and fleshy.
Score/Award : James Suckling 91 points
Wine Front 90 points
