[SOLD-OUT] Elderton Ode to Lorraine Cabernet Shiraz 2019

 

"Barossa blend of mostly cabernet sauvignon (47%) and shiraz (46%) but with a dab of merlot (7%). All French oak, 15% new. All estate grown. Vine age ranging from 15 to 75 years.

Ripe fruit flavour and lots of it, though everything remains neat and everything runs smoothly. Blackcurrant, saltbush and plum with clove, violet and chocolate notes littered judiciously throughout. What this wine offer is warm, ripe, straightforward delivery of bold fruit flavour. It’s good now but it has lots of years up its sleeve." - Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front

 

"After a relatively easy-going few years, 2019 was a vintage to remind us that we are actually farmers at the whim of the weather. With average winter rains, budburst seemed normal. However a nasty frost hit at a crucial time for Shiraz, particularly in Nuriootpa, meaning the best part of growing tips were burnt off. Fortunately, there was some new growth to follow. Although less fruitful, this gave enough fruit to ripen and produce a very reduced volume of 2019 Ode to Lorraine. Cabernet Sauvignon goes through budburst later, so it missed this frost event, as did the Merlot, of which there is a tiny percentage in this wine. Owing to the warm and very dry ripening season, fruit flavours are intense and fermentation was managed carefully to ensure balanced tannin extraction. The Ode to Lorraine parcels are matured in new and seasoned French oak prior to blending for bottle." - Elderton

 

 

  Organic   Vegan-friendly   Sustainably-made  

Country:

Australia

Region:

SA- Barossa Valley

Variety:

Wine Red - Cabernet blend

Size:

750mL