2021 Elderton Ode to Lorraine Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Merlot, Barossa Valley

51/45/4% cabernet sauvignon/shiraz/merlot from the Elderton Nuriootpa estate; aged for 20 months in French oak puncheons. Deep crimson in the glass with aromas of dark plum, cassis and mulberry with hints of baking spices, dark chocolate, licorice, earth, bay leaf, pencil case and cedar. Some nice fruit plushness on the palate, with powdery tannin support and sense of elegance as the wine flows across the palate finishing long and fruit pure.

94 points Dave Brookes winecompanion.com.au

Elderton's cabernet/shiraz/merlot blend was added to their wine quiver with the 1992 and is named in honor of the co-founder of Elderton Wines, Lorraine Ashmead.