Winemaker Notes
Elderton has a proud history of success in the Barossa. These wines enhance and reflect of what the Ashmead family are about; premium quality wines with a real sense of their roots in the Barossa and it’s surrounds. The E Series wines are designed to be affordable everyday drinking made with exceptional quality. Whilst made from premium Barossa fruit and receiving quality winemaking, these wines will always be priced to offer exceptional value for money.
A deliciously rich, balanced and uncomplicated Chardonnay from vineyards scattered around the Barossa. Medium bodied with aromas of peach, melon and mango.
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Wine Spectator
Spice and pear flavors are appealing for their purity, grace and juicy acidity, with accents of lemon zest on the crisp finish.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
The Barossa Zone encompasses the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. Some of the oldest vines in Australia can be found here.
Barossa Valley of course is the most important and famous wine growing region in all of Australia where 140+ year-old, dry-farmed Shiraz vines still produce inky, purple and dense juice for some of Australia's best wines.
In the cooler, wetter Eden Valley sub-region, the Hill of Grace vineyard is home to famous Shiraz vines from the 1800s but the region produces also some of Australia’s very best and age-worthy Rieslings.