Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A perennial favourite from Mornington, this wine rarely fails to impress. It consistently balances flinty minerality against flashes of sweet vanillin oak and richer stone fruits. ...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
If the black queen was a still wine, it would be an very good dry red, it is this uncompromising quality to the base wine that makes this an enjoyable...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A recent tasting providing an opportunity to sample quality Tasmanian fizz more than a decade after vintage, i was intrigued to see if the tell tale Tasmanian acidity would maintain...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
There are a few interesting characters about this wine, the first is that it is produced from a vineyard that was planted in 2007, there were only 500 bottles made,...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A great example of Australian Pinot, tasted blind you would find it hard to pick the difference between this and a top burgundy, there is a prettiness to the wine,...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A light to medium red in the glass, ethereal nose of smokey red cherry fruit and savoury stem, oak was a little pronounced early, but came together with time in...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The Command Shiraz is an icon of Australian wine, the vineyard was planted in circa 1894, and is classified as a centenarian block by the Barossa old Vine Charter. The...
Cabernet Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
Ode to Lorraine pays homage to Lorraine Ashmead, co-founder of Elderton, the wine is blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon 31% Shiraz, 11% Merlot. The vine age of material that goes...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
This wine was first released in 2008 and named after Elderton co-founder Neil Ashmead. Neil had a love of fast cars, and as one of the men behind the revitalisation...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
The Elderton Estate vineyards are made up of 12 blocks of Shiraz, with vines up to 100 years old, the resultant quality of the Estate Shiraz is typically exceptional. ...