BUZZ S E P T E MB E R 2 025
MAKE A WISH FOR A GREAT SHIRAZ... The 1894 planted Command vineyard
unloved and almost derelict site. Today,
in late October and devastated a huge
is just so remarkable and special. Year
the vines are lovingly nurtured by hand
amount of Barossa vineyards.
after year after year, these vines excel
and represent the most remarkable
in producing the most incredible single
vineyard site that we own - which is high
vineyard Shiraz which is widely heralded
praise considering the other Elderton
as one of Australia’s greatest single
vineyard assets.
vineyard wines.
Our winemaking team think of this vintage as being delightfully elegant and beautifully structured, with depth and length of flavour. In fact, it is the
The winter season was very kind
Elderton team’s belief that vintage 2021
The Ashmead family have called
leading up to harvest 2022, with the best
followed by 2022 is the best one-two
Elderton home since 1980 and have
winter rains since 1996. The season had
punch in terms of great consecutive
cherished being the custodians of the
some ups and downs, but luckily Elderton
vintages that we have likely ever seen.
Command vineyard for the past 45 years
was largely spared from some of the most
- originally rescuing it as an abandoned,
ferocious hail in living memory, which hit
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