2024 Elderton Wines Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon

Vibrant fruit with a hint of black forest cake and spiced vanilla. A brooding dried cooking herb note adds depth and a savoury element to the palate with fine yet long tannins which hold on to the fruit right to the end ready for another sip

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Cabernet Sauvignon, as a later ripening variety, often manages to escape the tricky weather conditions that can affect Shiraz and other earlier varieties at budburst and flowering. For 2024 we headed intoripening with a balanced crop, regulated by old vines and their lack of vigour. The mild conditions in 2024 kept us on our toes however the threatening rain didn’t eventuate until well after harvest time for our old Cabernet Sauvignon.After hand picking, our destemmed fruit spent a week in open fermenter with gentle cap management prior to pressing and then maturation in new French hogsheads, from coopers we know and trust, tosupport the fruit and help build the structure of this wine without adding too much oak impact. -Jules Ashmead & Brock HarrisonStyle: Classic, elegantColour: Deep crimsonAroma: Boysenberry, spiced vanillaPalate: Red fruits, laced with fresh winter cooking herbs, unravel gracefully over the palate finishing with a finely tuned tannin profile which lingers with a blend of wooded berryflavours to create a seamless long finish.Oak: 18 months in mostly new French oak puncheonsCellaring: Drink now or cellar confidently for 10 - 15 years from vintage

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Producer	Elderton Wines
Region	Barossa Valley
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2024
Alcohol %	14
Reviews	96 points Ray Jordan Wine PilotAnother brilliant wine from the outstanding 2024 Barossa vintage. This is a stylish and expressive cabernet sauvignon that shows how well the variety can perform in excellent years. It comes from very old vines in fact the oldest cabernet sauvignon vines on the estate. The aromatics are a classic blackcurrant and blackberry blend with a faint leafy bay leaf character and a touch of black olive. The palate is seamlessly woven with fine tannins and oak framing what is quite sumptuous fruit. The oak integration is spot on and while it will clearly age well it is already drinking beautifully.95 points Dave Brooks Halliday Wine CompanionAn elegant single-vineyard Barossa Valley cabernet sauvignon matured in seasoned French oak. Crimson with aromas of blackberry dark cherry and boysenberry and underlying hints of dark spice blackcurrant pastille cedar dark chocolate vanillin oak earth and licorice. Its a classically framed wine graceful with a traditional Barossa fruit set suffused with wood spice fine silty tannins and just a sprinkle of crushed herbs on the extended finish.95 points Erin Larkin Wine AdvocateThe 2024 Ashmead Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon leads with bay leaf cassis and sweet pouch tobacco. There are notes too of shaved fennel star anise and licorice with gently minty menthol-like notes that contribute freshness to the wine. The tannins are structural and silky offering a supple framework to the fruit which is balanced and long on the finish. The oak leaves a tiny pinch through the finish but given this wines capacity for graceful aging one would expect it to soften in time. This is an excellent wine from a marvelous vintage. 14 alcohol sealed under screw cap. Estate-grown at the Nuriootpa vineyard the fruit is sourced from a single block planted around 1944. Deep alluvial silt over red and brown earth and limestone near the banks of the North Para River allows the vines to develop deep roots so they need minimal irrigation. As a later-ripening variety Cabernet Sauvignon often avoids the challenging weather conditions that can affect earlier varieties during budburst and flowering. In 2024 the 80-year-old vines produced a balanced crop naturally moderated by their low vigor. Mild seasonal conditions required careful management throughout ripening though significant rainfall did not arrive until after harvest. After hand-picking the destemmed fruit spent one week in open fermenters with gentle cap management prior to pressing. The wine was then matured in new French oak hogsheads from trusted coopers selected to support fruit expression and build structure while keeping oak influence restrained.95 points Andrew Caillard MW The Vintage JournalMedium-deep crimson. Intense cassis herb garden aromas with chinotto notes. Concentrated and classical in structure with cassis fruit and plentiful fine-grainedvigorous tannins. Some underlying savoury notes. Claret-firm finish. Very natural and elegantly styled wine where less is more. 1944-planted cabernet vines. Now2040
Bottle Volume	750 ML

Tasting Notes

Winemakers Notes

Cabernet Sauvignon as a later ripening variety often manages to escape the tricky weather conditions that can affect Shiraz and other earlier varieties at budburst and flowering. For 2024 we headed intoripening with a balanced crop regulated by old vines and their lack of vigour. The mild conditions in 2024 kept us on our toes however the threatening rain didnt eventuate until well after harvest time for our old Cabernet Sauvignon.After hand picking our destemmed fruit spent a week in open fermenter with gentle cap management prior to pressing and then maturation in new French hogsheads from coopers we know and trust tosupport the fruit and help build the structure of this wine without adding too much oak impact. -Jules Ashmead Brock Harrison

Food Pairings

Powerful and structured this Cabernet calls for equally considered dishes. Pair with slow-braised beef cheek venison with a dark fruit sauce or a classic beef Wellington. Aged cheeses like cheddar or pecorino also suit its depth and structure. A wine for collectorsbest enjoyed with time both in the glass and at the table.