2022 Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon
Elite Single Vineyards
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The 2022 is the twenty second release of this this delicious Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon!
It may be just a tiny little parcel of Cabernet planted in the 1940s, however what a powerful little flavour packed expression it is! The Ashmead block has consistently produced small parcels of excellent quality fruit for several years. The block was almost destroyed in 1997 to make way for higher yielding vines, however the family made the decision to promote the vineyard to a higher destiny – thus the Ashmead.
| Winemakers Comments | 2022 kept us on our toes! After an easy ride with the 2021 vintage, 2022 was very mild with the threat of rainy patches which can sometimes mean the season will turn early. Cabernet Sauvignon, as a late ripening variety, does best in the years with a dry end to vintage and fortunately in 2022 the rain held off to allow us to make a cracking version of Ashmead for 2022. - Jules Ashmead & Brock Harrison |
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| Style | Classic, elegant |
| Colour | Deep crimson |
| Aroma | 2022 Elderton Barossa Shiraz tasting note |
| Palate | There is a restraint to this vintage, almost a sleeping giant. A power of blackberry and hints of cinnamon and dark chocolate to match, the finish is long, with a freshness of wooded berry notes dancing alongside the silky tannins |
| Maturation | 18 months in mostly new French oak puncheons |
| Drink | Drink now or cellar confidently for 15 - 20 years from vintage |
| Alcohol/Volume | 14.9% |
| Region | Barossa Valley | 100% Estate Grown, Nuriootpa |
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| Variety | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Vine Age | 78 years |
| Soil | Deep alluvial silt over red and brown earths and limestone |
95 points - Ray Jordan, winepilot.com
This was a coolish vintage in the Barossa with the constant threat of rain, but in the end old Hughie smiled down and the vintage finished dry. Having said that the nature of the season is reflected in the wine with is elegant and restrained, yet you know those 78-year-old cabernet vines will deliver plenty as it ages. Ripe blackberry and dark chocolate characters invade with the 18 months in largely new French oak puncheons necessary to balance the intensity. Vibrant and bright with the capacity for extended cellaring.
94 points - Ken Gargett, winepilot.com
A rich and powerful Cabernet from a very fine year. The nose exhibits notes of tobacco leaves, dried herbs, coffee grinds, mocha, licorice and chocolate. Good concentration, the structure offers direction and focus, with power and a firm, long finished. A superbly crafted wine, though the tannins are still quite grippy at this early stage. Now for twelve years, over which period of time there is plenty of room for further improvement.
95 points - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
Single-vineyard Barossa Valley cabernet sauvignon matured in French oak for 18 months. Deep crimson with aromas of rich cassis fruit along with hints of clove, blackcurrant pastille, cedar, eucalyptus, dark chocolate, kirsch and licorice. Full bodied and finely poised, with ripe blackberry tones, tight, fine-grained tannins and a long, extended finish, it gives a distinct impression that it will travel very well with careful cellaring.
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