Elderton Eden High Altitude Shiraz 2014
$1699each
$203DOZEN
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions Eden Valley
  South Australia
Each $16.99
$203.00
Currently out of stock
One of the most internationally renowned, new world winemaking estates, Elderton retain a site of mature Shiraz vines planted to rocky, mineral rich soils, near the hamlet of Craneford on the elevated aspects of Valley Eden. It is here that the cooler climes lead to an extended ripening season, developing great complexity in the grapes, encouraging exciting fresh milled pepper characters and achieving the most elegant tannins. A graceful and polished Shiraz with the structure and finesse to serve alongside wagyu beef, venison rack or rare breast of duck.
Eden Valley Shiraz is a stellar achiever, it carries a style that's somewhat different to its siblings grown lower down the Barossa Valley floor. Inauspicious soils and challenging topographies, late vintages and inhospitable mesoclimes, all have a significant influence on the vines. The Elderton property at Craneford is one of the most scenic sites in Valley Eden, it yields an outstanding quality of red wine. Elderton choose to treat their Eden Valley Shiraz to older barrels, keeping the stately fruit character upfront while framing the finished wine within a delicate veneer of oak. Parcels of Shiraz are pressed straight into well seasoned American oak puncheons for vinification and a year's maturation.
TASTING NOTES
Deep purple red colour. Plum and raspberry nose, cherries and red fruit notes, licorice and eucalypt. Medium bodied and dry, the palate is generous and long, supple yet rich, layered with berry and stone fruit flavours. Seasoned by a measure of red licorice characters, High Altitude resolves, lingering and long, on a finish of medium weight, velvety tannins.
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About Elderton Winery
Based in the heart of Australia's Barossa Valley and boasting vineyards over a century old, Elderton is a producer of some of the world's great wines
Winner of Australia's most coveted wine award the Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy (1993) and the prestigious London International Wine & Spirit Competition's World's Best Shiraz Trophy (2000), Elderton remains proudly owned by the Ashmead family. The Elderton Vineyard is located on the banks of the North Para River, which is on the southern edge of the township of Nuriootpa. The Barossa Valley's climate is classified as Mediterranean, which amounts to warm summers (average temperature in January is 25°C to 35°C) and cool wet winters with an annual rainfall of 550 mm. The vineyard was planted in 1904 by Samuel Elderton Tolley, with a view to supplying Barossa wineries with premium fruit. After a period of neglect, the Ashmead family purchased the vineyard in 1979 and went about restoring it to its former glory. Modern viticulture practices were employed and the vineyard began to flourish. Elderton»