Elderton Sixfold Shiraz 2024

A new wine from the team at Elderton is certain to elicit serious interest from wine lovers. The fruit comes from their newest vineyard which sits on top of Mengler Hill in Eden Valley and is their first single vineyard Shiraz from that region. The name refers to the six children in the third generation of the Ashmead family, and good luck explaining that when the seventh arrives. The oldest vines in this particular vineyard date back to 1941. Maturation is in a combination of new and older French oak. Just 1,866 bottles released. Dark maroon with a vibrant purple rim, there is a gorgeous nose, redolent of chocolate, mocha, cassis, plums, blackcurrants, vanillin oak and aniseed. Love it. Seductive texture is combined with serious underlying power with a fine line of acidity running the full journey. The wine really does have brilliant length and finishes with silky tannins. Enjoy this over the next fifteen years without hesitation. A cracker.