Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Australian Wine Companion
From estate vines aged two to 127 years, picked between 23 February and 9 April. Matured for 24 months in used American (dominant) and French puncheons. In the big, bold and luscious style that is the indelible mark of Elderton.
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Vinous
The 2021 Shiraz Barossa spent 24 months in older French and American oak and delivers generously proportioned aromas of crushed chocolate, tar and blackberry with strong cedary oak tones. Fleshy with a subtle acid bite from the vintage, this is a handsome and approachable Barossan wine best enjoyed young.
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Wine Spectator
Offers a generous, minty mix of black cherry, plum, raspberry and Szechuan pepper, along with clove and star anise accents, plus plush, velvety tannins. Shows plenty of oomph on the finish. Drink now. 1,000 cases imported.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
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.