Elderton Ode To Lorraine Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2022
- 93
- $60
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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Perhaps not the most typical blend found in the wine world, 52% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Shiraz and 4% Merlot, the fruit comes from their Nuriootpa vineyard, with some vines well over 100 years. It spent twenty months maturing in a mix of new and older French puncheons. A deep maroon and ruby red hue, bold cassis notes dominate the nose. It is well supported by aromas of mulberries, fresh earth, coffee grinds and mushrooms. The wine lifts even further on the palate with fresh acidity, energy, a degree of plushness, balance and excellent length. It finishes with satiny tannins and persistence. Enjoy over the next six to eight years, likely considerably longer.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
