Elderton Ode To Lorraine 2015, Barossa Valley, Australia 🇦🇺

🍇 Cabernet Sauvignon 58%

🍇 Shiraz 37%

🍇 Merlot 5%

🧐 Alcohol 14.5%

🍁 My Score 92 Points 

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Beautiful, inviting ripe nose with aromas of black cherries, blackberries, plums, cassis, violets, tobacco, vanilla, cedar and savoury spices. On the mouthfeel, full bodied, luscious mid palate, smooth texture and fresh acidity. The finish is long, very flavourful with plenty of black fruit and blueberries covered with chocolate.

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In these difficult times, this is the kind of comforting wine I need. A delicious big juicy red blend, very aromatic, full of flavours, intense and a finish that begs for another sip. A gorgeous and delicious wine 💕. Need I say,  strongly recommended. Cheers my wine friends 🍷 

Elderton Ode To Lorraine 2008, Barossa Valley, Australia

I loved this blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Shiraz and 8% Merlot, with maturation taking place in 80% French oak and 20% American Oak.. On the nose this wine opened up with ripe plums, black fruit, cassis, mint, vanilla and toasty oak. The palate was rich, smooth and well structured with good acidity and silky tannins. Medium to full body and great length. This blend finished long smooth, savoury and comforting. I first tasted this 2008 Ode to Lorraine last January, it was very enjoyable then, drinking beautifully right now and will only get better over the next 4-5 years. When done right, this is the kind of wine you expect from Barossa Valley. A big juice red (but not jammy), with high alcohol (14.5%) with rich and complex structure. My only negative comment, what is with the heavy bottle?  This wine is very good and can stand on its own without a hefty bottle. In this age of concern for the environment and our expanding carbon foot print, and the cost of moving heavy bottles around the world we should use regular bottles and pass on the savings to the customer, which may help sell more wine.
I have been purchasing Ode To Lorraine for 3 or 4 years now and reviewed their 2006 vintage on my blog on June 5, 2011. This wine was originally released December 11, 2010, it will be re-released, Saturday October 15, 2011. Strongly recommended.

This wine was purchased December 11, 2010 LCBO New Release at $39.95.

Elderton Ode to Lorraine 2006, Barossa Valley, South Australia

Elderton is a small family owned winery located in the Barossa Valley. The Elderton vineyard which was planted in 1894 by Samuel Elderton Tolley, was purchased by the Ashmead family in the late 1970's. All this to tell you that that Ode to Lorraine, was created to honour the co-founder Lorraine Ashmead and the 2006 vintage his a blend of 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Shiraz and 12% Merlot, maturation took place over a period of 18 months in new French and American oak and alcohol register at 14.5% . The nose is so nice, I could inhale this all day; ripe red fruits, sweet blackberry, cassis and savoury spices. I love the structure of this blend; concentrated fruit flavours, lively acidity and well integrated tannins buried under all that rich ripe fruit. the finish is long with sweet fruit, spicy and velvet texture. This wine truly honours it's co-founder and is a real treat, one which I have previously tasted last summer in Copenhagen, Denmark.  I have enjoyed their 2008 vintage and still have another in my cellar. My only negative comment; Why tame the pink on the label of the 2008 vintage? I like it, it makes the wine stand out from the multitude of wines in our stores. Enough said, I loved it.

This wine was purchased March 30, 2011 at Liberty Wine Merchants in Vancouver, BC at $54.99.