Elderton Barossa Shiraz 2024

This vintage sees the addition of fruit from the family’s new Mengler Vineyard in the Eden Valley, which now joins their traditional sources from the North Para River, Nuriootpa and across the Barossa Valley – the blend, specifically, is 36% Mengler, 30% Greenock, 19% Craneford and 15% Nuriootpa. Vine age is up to 128 years. Maturation was in older French and American oak puncheons for twenty months. Definitely a contender for best value red of the year, this is cracking value. Dark maroon, this is a delicious Barossa Valley Shiraz. The nose offers aromas weaving through chocolate, plums, mulberries, mocha, coffee beans, dried herbs and warm earth. Seamless and vibrant, there is excellent oak integration and very good length. The palate is all chocolate and mocha. Love it. Enjoy this over the next ten to fifteen years. Did I mention great buying?